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William H. Seward Elementary School is ranked #102 in Alaska Elementary Schools. Schools are ranked on their performance on state-required tests, graduation, and how well they prepare their ...
And this man, William H. Seward, is truly significant. I have an antique Alaska souvenir spoon depicting a likeness of Seward around which is the motto, “The Father of Alaska.” ...
William H. Seward in 1851, while a U.S. senator from New York (Library of Congress) William H. Seward regarded the purchase of Alaska as his greatest achievement and Alaskans are prone to agree.
The statue of William H. Seward in Seattle's Volunteer Park may seem out of place to a casual observer. A senator from New York and secretary of state to Presidents Lincoln and Johnson in the ...
The $250,000 statue unveiled in 2017 depicts Seward holding the 1867 Treaty of Cession, which authorized the sale of the Alaska Territory to the U.S. from the Russian Empire.
Why is there a statue of William H. Seward at Volunteer Park, and why is an elementary school and an entirely different Seattle park also named for Abraham Lincoln’s secretary of state? That ...
I remember one day his telling about the purchase of Alaska, which had recently been effected, ... 1868, William H. Seward,” still distinct, as he said, “long after he is gone.” ...
LORD OF ALASKA: BARANOV AND THE ... William H. Seward, who forced the purchase of Alaska (“Seward’s Icebox”) amid the catcalls of the isolationists of 1867.
Chester A. Arthur, William Lloyd Garrison, and General Winfield Scott Hancock were amongst the celebrities who attended the 1876 dedication of the William Henry Seward statue in Madison Square ...
William Henry Seward, 16 May 1801 - 15 Oct 1872 Exhibition Label First as governor of New York (1839–43) and later as a U.S. senator (1849–61), William H. Seward advocated strongly for reform.
William Henry Seward was born in Orange County, New York, in May, ... and gratified his love of roaming by a trip to Alaska, another to Mexico, and by a journey round the world.
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