George Dewey

Book Review: 'The President and the Assassin' by Scott Miller

2011-06-19 00:00:00

The President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century Scott Miller Random House: 432 pp., $28 Veteran journalist Scott Miller has done something very interesting in his first book: He has conjoined two kinds...

Donald F. Evans, 77

2011-08-14 16:10:00

Donald Franklin Evans, 77, of 650 Observatory Drive, Hagerstown, Md., died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011, at his home. He was formerly of Cumberland, Md., and had resided in Gaithersburg for 33 years. Born in Kitzmiller, Md., he was the son of the late...

The 1910s: A time of commerce, pioneer farmers and wild boat parties

2011-03-18 08:25:00

This was the decade when the frontier town of Fort Lauderdale became the center of the region's burgeoning commerce. Its early and naive efforts at mercantilism involved the exploitation and destruction of what is now recognized as a vital environmental...

Olympia, 2-war Naval Veteran, Battles For Survival

2010-09-06 02:36:00

(AP) - The USS Olympia, a one-of-a-kind steel cruiser that returned home to a hero's welcome after a history-changing victory in the Spanish-American War, is a proud veteran fighting what may be its final battle. Time and tides are conspiring to condemn...

The Spanish-American War

2007-12-19 06:07:27

The Spanish-American War, which officially began on this date, was a short and thoroughly lopsided affair, but it was long on enthusiasm and colorful characters. Future president Teddy Roosevelt led a charge of cowboys and college students up a hill in...

The Dewey (DDG 105), a guided missile destroyer named for Navy Adm. George Dewey - the third destroyer to bear his name - arrives Friday at Alamitos Bay. On March 6 it will become the first warship commissioned in Orange County.

2010-02-26 00:00:00