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2 unusual facts about Pershing


Pershing, Wisconsin

The meadow and Alder bottoms are all subject to be overflowed to a depth of 1 to 2 feet and are good for Hay.

Balsam and Elm line the margins of the Meadow and Alder bottoms.


Armour Square, Chicago

Bounded by 18th Street to the north, Pershing Road to the south, the Union Pacific railroad tracks on the west and the Dan Ryan Expressway to the east, Armour Square has historically been the predominantly white, working-class neighborhood with a particularly significant population of both Italian-Americans and Croatian-Americans.

Battle of Parral

Pershing even requested permission from his commanding officer, General Frederick Funston, to capture both the state and capital of Chihuahua, but it was denied.

Brighton Park crossing

The modernization effort to automate the Brighton Park crossing involved Safetran Systems, (part of Invensys Rail) with the crossing’s application development, site mock-up, and preliminary factory testing taking place in Rancho Cucamonga, California in an in-house project called “Brighton Park / Pershing Main.”

Charles E. Stanton

On July 4, 1917 he visited the tomb of French Revolution and American Revolution hero Marquis de La Fayette and (according to Pershing) said, "Lafayette, we are here!" to honor the nobleman's assistance during the Revolutionary War.

Coed Affiliates Pershing Rifles

Tuskegee University (Tuskegee Inst, AL) CAPER Company P-4 / Pershing Angels Company P-4-5

David L. Aaron

President Carter tapped Aaron to lead an inter-agency mission to structure an agreement with European nations to deploy U.S. Pershing Missiles and Ground Launched Cruise Missiles in Europe, in response to the deployment of SS-20 Intermediate Missiles by the Soviet Union.

Davis Theater

The Pershing Theater was built in 1918 and was named after First World War General of the Armies, John J. Pershing.

The Pershing opened showing silent films, its first being The Forbidden City and later Pals First.

Diane Pershing

Diane Pershing, born and raised in Queens, New York, is a romance novelist, television writer and voice actress.

Eugene Owen Smith

Seven years later he wrote a book about Andrew Johnson called High Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Impeachment and Trial of Andrew Johnson which was followed by Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography in 1984 and the 1998biography of John J. Pershing called Until the Last Trumpet Sounds: The Life of General of the Armies John J. Pershing.

Garfield Ridge, Chicago

Garfield Ridge stretches from Pershing Road, just north of the Stevenson Expressway (Interstate 55), to 59th Street from north to south, and from the railroad 1/4 mile east of Cicero Avenue to Harlem Avenue going west, with Archer Avenue as its main artery.

Great Pershing Balloon Derby

Originally sponsored and organized by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Pershing Memorial Development Association, it was held as a fundraiser for the Pershing Museum.

History of Williamsburg, Virginia

At the end of the meeting, U.S. Secretary of State George P. Shultz read to the press a statement confirming the deployment of American Pershing II-nuclear rockets in West Germany later in 1983.

Inter-Allied Games

The forum for the games, Pershing Stadium, had been built near the Bois de Vincennes by the U.S. Military in cooperation with the YMCA.

Joe's Revenge

After passing some time at El Paso's Pershing House, the trio check traffic until Bobby Briggs arrives.

Marvin Lane

His teammates on Pershing's 1967 basketball team included future NBA stars, Spencer Haywood and Ralph Simpson.

Mill City, Nevada

Currently, it is the last exit from Interstate 80 within Pershing county and 4 miles north by this highway of Imlay, and functions as an intervening tourist stop.

New Jersey State Police

Both winter and summer uniforms are worn with the full Sam Browne Belt, if a weapon is worn, which was adopted by Col. Schwarzkopf, as the belt gave the wearer a proper "brace" (known by General of the Armies John Pershing as the "West Point Brace;" appropriate at the time since both Pershing and Schwarzkopf were both graduates).

Pershing Hall

The Pershing Hall is a historical building and luxury hotel in Paris, France dedicated to General of the Armies John J. Pershing.

Pershing Park

Instead, a much smaller Freedom Plaza was built which did not require the demolition of Pershing Park (as the square was now known).

Pershing Square Capital Management

In 2010, Pershing Square reported having taken a large ownership stakes in JC Penney and Canadian Pacific Railway.

Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua

For this action, as well as Patton's affinity for the Colt Peacemaker, Pershing titled Patton his "Bandito."

United States Army No. 101

It is one of two survivors of the 1,500 General Pershing locomotives built in 1916–1918 for the War Department in World War I.


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