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Schuylkill Navy
The Schuylkill Navy is an association of amateur rowing clubs of Philadelphia. Founded in 1858, it is the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the United States. The member clubs are all on the Schuylkill River where it flows through Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, mostly on the historic Boathouse Row. By charter, the Schuylkill Navy’s object is "to secure united action among the several Clubs and to promote amateurism on the Schuylkill River." Over the years, the group has had a role in certain ceremonial and state functions. The success of the Schuylkill Navy and similar organizations contributed heavily to the extinction of professional rowing and the sport's current status as an amateur sport. At its founding, it had nine clubs; today, there are 16: Fairmount Rowing Association, Crescent Boat Club, Bachelors Barge Club, University Barge Club, Malta Boat Club, Vesper Boat Club, College Boat Club, Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association (Penn AC), Undine Barge Club (Undi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Schuylkill may refer to: Places * Schuylkill, Philadelphia, neighborhood in South Philadelphia * Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Expressway, portion of I-76 in Philadelphia * Schuylkill Gap, water gap through Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Parkway, Pennsylvania Route 23 * Schuylkill River, a river in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill River Bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike * Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia * Schuylkill River Trail * Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Other * Le Schuylkill, a high-rise residential building in Monaco * Schuylkill Branch, rail line in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company, (1791-1811) navigation system connecting the rivers * Schuylkill Canal, (1815-1931) navigation system along the river from Port Carbon to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill College, now Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Institute of Business and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gillin Boat Club
Gillin Boat Club is the rowing program for St. Joseph's University Rowing and St. Joseph's Prep Rowing. It is situated at the 1,000-meter mark of the Schuylkill River race course in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gillin Boat Club was admitted to the Schuylkill Navy in 2004, by a unanimous vote of the Navy's members. The club's state-of-the-art boathouse has the capacity for 42 eights, 14 fours (quads), and 14 small boats. It was the first new boathouse built on this stretch of the Schuylkill River in 98 years. Gillin also hosts the Fairmount Park Commission's Community Rowing Program, which is designed to provide an experience for youth in the city of Philadelphia who have not had the opportunity to experience the sport of rowing. Robert M. Gillin Jr. Boathouse In 1998, Philadelphia City Council approved construction of what is now known as the Robert M. Gillin Jr. Boathouse. The boathouse was dedicated in May 2002. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Meade
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate States Army, Confederate Full General (CSA), General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. He previously fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War. During the Civil War, he served as a Union Army, Union General officer, general, rising from command of a brigade to that of the Army of the Potomac. Earlier in his career, he was an engineer and was involved in the coastal construction of several lighthouses. Meade's Civil War combat experience started as a brigade commander (brigadier general) in the Peninsula Campaign and the Seven Days Battles. He was severely wounded while leading his brigade at the Battle of Glendale. As a division commander, he had notable success at the Battle of South Mountain and assumed temporary corps command at the Battle o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The Three Degrees album), 1975 *''International'', 2018 album by L'Algérino Songs * The Internationale, the left-wing anthem * "International" (Chase & Status song), 2014 * "International", by Adventures in Stereo from ''Monomania'', 2000 * "International", by Brass Construction from ''Renegades'', 1984 * "International", by Thomas Leer from ''The Scale of Ten'', 1985 * "International", by Kevin Michael from ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * "International", by McGuinness Flint from ''McGuinness Flint'', 1970 * "International", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' Dazzle Ships'', 1983 * "International (Serious)", by Estelle from '' All of Me'', 2012 Politics * Political international, any transnational organization of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Philadelphia Barge Club
Penn Athletic Club Rowing Association (commonly known as Penn AC) is an amateur rowing club located at #12 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Penn AC was founded in 1871 as the West Philadelphia Boat Club. Penn AC has been a destination for elite rowers looking to make the US National Team, ever since John B. Kelly Sr. joined Penn AC after a schism with his former club, Vesper. Prominent members * Ted Nash, 2008 US Olympic Team Coaching Staff * Matt Schnobrich, 2008 US Olympic Team (Bow in Men's Eight) and 2007 US National Team member (Men's Four) * Micah Boyd, 2008 US Olympic Team member (4 Seat in Men's Eight) *Renee Hykel, 2008 US Olympic Team member (Bow in Lightweight Women's Double Sculls) *Dan Beery, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Four with Cox) *Ivan Baldychev, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Lightweight Single Sculls) *Steve Kasprzyk, 2007 US National Team member (Men's Pair with Cox) *Ted Farwell, 2006, 2008 US ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Schuylkill may refer to: Places * Schuylkill, Philadelphia, neighborhood in South Philadelphia * Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Expressway, portion of I-76 in Philadelphia * Schuylkill Gap, water gap through Blue Mountain in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Parkway, Pennsylvania Route 23 * Schuylkill River, a river in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill River Bridge on the Pennsylvania Turnpike * Schuylkill River Park, Philadelphia * Schuylkill River Trail * Schuylkill Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania Other * Le Schuylkill, a high-rise residential building in Monaco * Schuylkill Branch, rail line in Pennsylvania * Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company, (1791-1811) navigation system connecting the rivers * Schuylkill Canal, (1815-1931) navigation system along the river from Port Carbon to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill College, now Albright College, Reading, Pennsylvania * Schuylkill Institute of Busines ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Boat Club
The Vesper Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #10 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1865 as the Washington Barge Club, the Club changed its name to Vesper Boat Club in 1870. Vesper's stated goal is "to produce Olympic champions." Most recently, that goal was achieved by Devery Karz and Kathleen Bertko in th2016 Summer Olympics History The Vesper Boat Club had its beginning on Feb. 22, 1865 – a decade into the flourishing of rowing clubs on Philadelphia's Schuylkill River – with the founding of the Washington Barge Club. Five years later, on Jan 1, 1870, it changed its name to Vesper Boat Club and quickly became one of the most celebrated rowing clubs in the United States and the world. Vesper's eight-oared shell took the gold medal in Paris at the 1900 Summer Olympics. The Vesper eight repeated its victory at the 1904 games in St. Louis. And at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Vesper's eight won again, making it the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia Barge Club
University Barge Club of Philadelphia (also known as UBC) is an amateur rowing club located at #7 in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark. The club's founding, in 1854, is considered the "dawn of organized athletics in the University of Pennsylvania." Known as "''the'' upper-class rowing club," UBC is a founder, and the most senior member, of the oldest amateur athletic governing body in the United States, the Schuylkill Navy. Founding University Barge Club was founded in 1854 by ten members of the University of Pennsylvania's freshman class: They first rowed out of a Schuylkill boathouse near the Fairmount Waterworks known simply as "Charlie's boathouse". The club was officially formed when the founders purchased its first boat, the Hesperus, from Bachelors Barge Club. Club members wore sailor uniforms from clothier Jacob Reed that were monogrammed with "U. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pennsylvania Barge Club
Pennsylvania Barge Club is an amateur rowing club, situated along the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1861 and joined the Schuylkill Navy in 1865. The club's boathouse, at #4 Boathouse Row, is also known as the Hollenback House, named for William M. Hollenback, Jr., who served as President of USRowing from 1979 until 1985. Painter Thomas Eakins was most likely a longtime member of Pennsylvania Barge Club. His friend, Max Schmitt, rowed for the club, and won the single sculls championship 6 times. In Schuylkill Navy races, Pennsylvania Barge had 359 entries and 106 victories. Its teams represented the United States in the 1920 (four-with-cox), 1924 (four-with), 1928 (four-with and four-without), and 1932 (pair-with) Olympic Games. As a result of World War II, the club suffered a drastic reduction in membership. In 1955, the Club turned its boathouse over to the Schuylkill Navy. Thereafter, the Pennsylvania Barge Club served as an administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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A flag is a piece of fabric (most often rectangular or quadrilateral) with a distinctive design and colours. It is used as a symbol, a signalling device, or for decoration. The term ''flag'' is also used to refer to the graphic design employed, and flags have evolved into a general tool for rudimentary signalling and identification, especially in environments where communication is challenging (such as the maritime environment, where semaphore is used). Many flags fall into groups of similar designs called flag families. The study of flags is known as "vexillology" from the Latin , meaning "flag" or "banner". National flags are patriotic symbols with widely varied interpretations that often include strong military associations because of their original and ongoing use for that purpose. Flags are also used in messaging, advertising, or for decorative purposes. Some military units are called "flags" after their use of flags. A ''flag'' (Arabic: ) is equivalent to a brigad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Excelsior Boat Club
Malta Boat Club is an amateur rowing club located at #9 Boathouse Row in the historic Boathouse Row of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1865, the Club joined the Schuylkill Navy when it relocated to the Schuylkill River from the Delaware River and purchased the facilities of the now defunct Excelsior Club. While on the Delaware, the club occupied a house oSmith’s Islandwhere the club stored its boat called the "Minnehaha". The club was founded by members of the Minnehaha Lodge of the Sons of Malta. The Sons of Malta, originally organized in the South, did not survive the American Civil War, Civil War. As four members of the USRowing#National Teams, US National Team row out of Malta, the club was well represented at the 2009 World Championships. The Boathouse In 1873, Malta, in conjunction with Vesper Boat Club, built a -story boat house. In 1880, the boat house was expanded. In 1901, brothers G. W. & W. D. Hewitt, George W. and William D. Hewitt designed more substantial additio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States. It was fought between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), the latter formed by states that had seceded. The central cause of the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which was widely believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction. Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the west. An initial seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and, in 1861, forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. Led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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