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Breese may refer to: People * Breese (surname) Places * Breese, Germany * Breese, Illinois, U.S. Other uses * M-Squared Breese, an ultralight aircraft * USS ''Breese'' (DD-122), a U.S. Navy destroyer See also * * Breeze (other) Breeze often refers to: * A gentle to moderate wind * Sea breeze, an onshore afternoon wind, caused by warm air rising over the land in sunny weather Breeze or The Breeze may also refer to: * Breeze block a concrete masonry unit made from recovere ...
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Breese, Illinois
Breese is a city in Clinton County, Illinois, United States. Breese is the most populous city completely within Clinton County. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,641, the majority of whom are of German ancestry. Breese is part of the Metro-East region of the Greater St. Louis metropolitan area. History The town is named after Sidney Breese, a United States Senator and a contemporary of President Abraham Lincoln.Allan H. Keith''Historical Stories: About Greenville and Bond County, IL'' Consulted on August 15, 2007. Breese was founded in 1855. Even though the area around Breese, Illinois was first settled in 1816, it was not until 1835 that Germans came to the town to farm because of the flat fertile land there. Twenty years after the Germans' first immigration, the Mississippi and Ohio Railroad was completed. The early pioneers were enthralled by the thought of transportation by railroad. The Chicago-based company Sanger Kamp & Co. bought 80 acres of land near th ...
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Breese (surname)
Breese is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Charles Breese (1889–1941), English naval and air force officer *Charles Breese (1867–1932), Welsh solicitor, antiquarian and politician *Chic Breese (1872–1929), Australian rules footballer *Dave Breese (1926–2002), American evangelist *Dilys Breese (1932–2007), English television producer * Edward Y. Breese (1912–1979), American writer * Gareth Breese (born 1976), Jamaican cricketer *Kidder Breese (1831–1881), American naval officer *Llywelyn Breese (fl. 1870s), American politician *Quentin Breese Quentin Terrance "Baby" Breese (July 8, 1918 – August 21, 1962) was an American professional boxer. Early life Quentin Breese was born in 1918 in Leonardville, Kansas of Irish and English descent. He began boxing when he was a young boy in scho ... (1918–1962), American boxer * Samuel Livingston Breese (1794–1870), American rear-admiral * Sidney Breese (1800–1878), American politician and lawyer * Vanc ...
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Breese, Germany
Breese is a municipality in the Prignitz district, in Brandenburg, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Demography References Localities in Prignitz {{Brandenburg-geo-stub ...
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M-Squared Breese
The M-Squared Breese is a large family of high-wing, strut-braced, pusher configuration, tricycle gear, ultralight aircraft produced by M-Squared Aircraft of St. Elmo, Alabama in kit form, for amateur construction.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-104. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 206. BAI Communications. Downey, Julia: ''2001 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 17, Number 12, December 2000, page 61-62. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2002 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, page 53-54. Kitplanes Acquisition Company. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2005 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 21, Number 12, December 2004, page 70. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 61-62. Primedia Publication ...
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USS Breese (DD-122)
USS ''Breese'' (DD-122) was a in the United States Navy during World War I, and later redesignated, DM-18 in World War II. She was the only ship named for Captain Kidder Breese. Commissioned as a destroyer in 1919, she undertook a number of patrol and training duties along the East Coast of the United States until being decommissioned in 1922. Overhauled in 1931, she returned to service with the United States Pacific Fleet on training and patrol for the next 10 years. She was present during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and following this she supported several operations during the war, laying minefields and sweeping for mines in the Pacific. Following the end of the war, she was sold for scrap in 1946 and broken up. Design and construction ''Breese'' was one of 111 s built by the United States Navy between 1917 and 1919. She, along with ten of her sisters, were constructed at Newport News Shipbuilding shipyards in Newport News, Virginia using specifications and detail ...
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