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4 days ago · Much of what guests see today – the majesty and magic that is Longwood Gardens – was shaped by the remarkable vision and versatility of Pierre du Pont, one of our nation’s most extraordinary citizens.
- Longwood Gardens
4 days ago · Thereafter it passed through the hands of several collectors, including J. P. Morgan and H. F. du Pont, who made it a centerpiece of his new Winterthur Museum. ... Portrait of William Petty, ...
5 days ago · Du Pont was obsessed with sports and athletics, but his abilities didn't match up to his passion. He became involved in pentathlons with the goal of joining the 1968 Olympic team, but didn't make the cut. Du Pont did win the 1965 Australian national pentathlon, but apparently the title isn't as impressive as it sounds.
- Lea Rose Emery
21 hours ago · The Hendrick Motorsports No. 24 car is a NASCAR Cup Series team that has been active since 1992. The team began with driver Jeff Gordon, who spent his entire full-time career behind the wheel of the No. 24. Gordon won 93 points-paying races, the most of any driver in NASCAR's modern era, and four series championships before retiring from full ...
3 days ago · William III (William Henry; Dutch: Willem Hendrik; 4 November 1650 – 8 March 1702), also widely known as William of Orange, was the sovereign Prince of Orange from birth, Stadtholder of Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel in the Dutch Republic from the 1670s, and King of England, Ireland, and Scotland from 1689 ...
3 days ago · Les Baux de Provence is a gorgeous medieval fortress/town built into the hills. Near Cavaillon, there is a bright blue beautiful grotto pond under white cliffs that bushes into a crazy river in spring when the snows melt in the Alps (think it’s called Isle sur la Sorgue). Then there’s the Roman Pont du Gard in between Avignon and Nimes.
4 days ago · Pierre S. du Pont was born in 1870 in a DuPont Company house overlooking the Brandywine Creek just north of Wilmington, Delaware. His early years were influenced by the area’s natural beauty and by the du Pont family’s long tradition of gardening.
