Bernard William Kearney – Reserve Major General, United States Army Member of Congress

Courtesy of the U.S. House of Representatives:

Representative from New York; born in Ithaca, N.Y., May 23, 1889; attended the public schools; was graduated from Schenectady (N.Y.) High School and from Union University Albany Law School in 1914; was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice in Albany, N.Y.; member of the New York National Guard 1909-1917, serving on the Mexican border in 1916 and 1917; served overseas in the First World War in various outfits; returned to the United States in 1919; continued active in the New York National Guard, retiring in 1940, with rank of major general; decorated with the French Legion of Honor, the Croix de Guerre, and the Philippine Legion of Honor (officer); city judge of  Gloversville, N.Y., 1920-1924; assistant district attorney of Hamilton County, N.Y., 1924-1929, and of Fulton County, N.Y., 1929-1931; district attorney of Fulton County, N.Y., 1931-1942; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-eighth and to the seven succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1943-January 3, 1959); was not a candidate for renomination in 1958 to the Eighty-sixth Congress; resumed the practice of law; resided in Canandaigua, N.Y.; died in Venice, Fla., June 3, 1976; interment in Arlington National Cemetery.

Michael Robert Patterson

Michael Robert Patterson was born in Arlington and is the son of a former officer of the US Army. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Many of his articles can be found on renowned portals like the New York Times, Washingtonpost or Wikipedia.

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