John Singleton Copley

John Singleton Copley (1738-1815) was the son of Irish immigrants, but was a native-born Bostonian. After his father passed away at an early age, his mother remarried a London trained engraver. By having an artist in the family, Copley was ...

Professor John Burton Hotchkiss

First Deaf Professor at Gallaudet University

John Burton Hotchkiss was born August 22, 1845 in Seymour and grew up on this street. Hotchkiss was hearing until Scarlet Fever deafened him at 11 years old. When he was admitted to the ...

John Brewster, Jr.

Artist and Student Later in Life

Dr. John Brewster Senior formerly attended this church lead by Reverend James Cogswell. Cogswell’s son would go on to found the American School for the Deaf and Brewster’s son visited this area. The original ...

John Muir Trail

During the period from 1916 to 1932, however,don’t need this word construction and maintenance of two spectacular and costly "special status" trails commanded the attention and much of the appropriations of Sequoia National Park. One was the premier backcountry trail ...

John Harte McGraw

The bronze statue standing in McGraw Place near Westlake Center, bordered by Stewart Street, Fifth Avenue and Westlake Avenue, is a tribute to the late John Harte McGraw, an instrumental figure in Seattle's history. The statue was funded by the Seattle Chamber ...

The John G. Riley Center/Museum of African American History and Culture

The mission of the John Gilmore Riley Center/ Museum of African-American History and Culture is to restore and preserve the Riley House and its collections, and to research and interpret materials related to African-American history in Tallahassee and the State ...

The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

John Ringling, one of the five original circus kings of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, was blessed with entrepreneurial genius and through his success with the circus and other investments, became quite wealthy. In 1911, John (1866-1936) ...

Historical Society of Palm Beach County and the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum

The Historical Society of Palm Beach County was formed in 1937 and opened the Richard and Pat Johnson Palm Beach County History Museum in March 2008 within the historic 1916 Courthouse in downtown West Palm Beach at 300 North Dixie ...

Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum

Nationally honored by the Smithsonian Magazine for three straight years. Our new facilities, located within the Carrabelle City Complex, house over 5,000 square feet of artifacts, vehicles, photos, memorabilia and memories of the soldiers, sailors and other military as well ...

Johnny Cash Museum

Johnny Cash’s music career began after he successfully auditioned for Sam Phillips, the owner of Sun Studios. Phillips had recently discovered Elvis Presley and quickly picked up Cash and his band, the Tennessee Two. In 1960, drummer W. S. Holland ...