Word: 350th
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...site where marooned Dutch sailors spent the winter of 1613 as the first white inhabitants of Manhattan. In the U.S. for ten days, the princess would lunch with President Eisenhower in Washington, but would spend much of her time in the Hudson River Valley, helping to commemorate the 350th anniversary of its exploration by the Dutch captain of The Half Moon...
Last week in one of Preacher Laestadius' old strongholds, the community of Jukkasjarvi far above the Arctic Circle, Laplanders gathered to celebrate the 350th anniversary of their 17th century wooden church. The main event was the unveiling of a new altarpiece, commissioned six years ago by the local mining company and carved by 64-year-old Bror Hjorth (pronounced yoort), Sweden's foremost and most controversial sculptor...
...ceremonies, one at Harvard and one in England, will mark the 350th anniversary of the baptism of John Harvard today...
...Queen and Prince arrived in the U.S. from Canada, landing, in their R.C.A.F. plane near Williamsburg, Va., at a place called Patrick Henry Airport. Spaced among a dozen occasions of ceremonial pomp, they spent the day touring the old, restored towns of Williamsburg and Jamestown, which is celebrating the 350th anniversary of the first permanent British settlement on American shores. Through it all, crowds of eager-eyed onlookers strained at the heavily guarded barriers, marveled at Elizabeth's cordially regal attitude, Philip's smiling nonchalance. "Say," said one man, "she's a lot thinner." Murmured a woman...
...services at Ottawa's old Christ Church Cathedral; there Philip read the Parable of the Talents to an overflowing congregation. This week Elizabeth would open the Canadian Parliament (the first time a reigning monarch had performed this act), then fly to Jamestown, Va. for a ceremony marking the 350th anniversary of the founding of North America's first permanent English-speaking colony. Afterward, with Prime Minister Diefenbaker acting as the Queen's senior adviser, she and Philip would visit President Eisenhower in Washington. Before returning home to London, they also planned a day-long sightseeing tour...