Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (November 4, 1889 – November 23, 1987) was an American who is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy (beginning 1917). His music was performed by the bands of John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman and his march "The Governor's Own" (1921) appears as the first selection on the bicentennial album Pride of America, released by New World Records.
Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (November 4, 1889 – November 23, 1987) was an American who is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United...
Fanny Adams (30 April 1859 – 24 August 1867) was an eight-year-old English girl, who was murdered by a solicitor's clerk, Frederick Baker, in Alton, Hampshire...
The Alton Railroad (reporting mark A) was the final name of a railroad linking Chicago to Alton, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; and Kansas City, Missouri...
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue model; born and raised on St. Thomas AltonAdams (1889–1987), musician, first black bandmaster in the United States Navy...
Oblast Unknown United States Virgin Islands "Virgin Islands March" 1963 AltonAdams Sam Williams "Virgin Islands March" United States Upper Austria "Hoamatgsang [de]"...
Alfred Lee Loomis, American physicist and philanthropist (d. 1975) 1889 – AltonAdams, American composer and bandleader (d. 1987) 1890 – Klabund, German author...
1001/jama.1918.02600500065022. ISSN 0098-7484. Adams, Alton A. (2008). The Memoirs of Alton Augustus Adams, Sr.: First Black Bandmaster of the United States...
(1883–1931) Mark Adamo (born 1962) AltonAdams (1889–1987) H. Leslie Adams (born 1932) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams (born 1953) Samuel Adler (born...
Alton Johnson Adams Jr. (born October 20, 1979) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the co-offensive coordinator for the...
Perry, 79, American swimmer, attraction promoter and swimming coach. AltonAdams, 98, American bandmaster in the U.S. Navy. Joseph Beer, 79, Polish-French...
(1883–1931) Mark Adamo (born 1962) AltonAdams (1889–1987) John Adams (born 1947) John Luther Adams (born 1953) H. Leslie Adams (born 1932) Samuel Adler (born...
1952), 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist (139 lbs.) boxer; born on St. Croix. AltonAdams (1889–1987), musician, first black bandmaster in the United States Navy;...
The Alton River Dragons are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Alton, Illinois. They were founded in 2020 and began play in 2021 as members of...
attacks, Lovejoy decided to move across the river to Alton in Illinois, a free state. However, Alton was also tied to the Mississippi River economy, easily...
Anglo-Saxon Alton buckle Artefacts from the Battle of Alton (1643), a battle in the English Civil War The "Jane Austen Trail" The tale of Sweet Fanny Adams, who...
Alton Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Square in Alton, Hampshire, England. The structure, which is the meeting place of Alton Town Council...
a chain of limestone bluffs in Madison County, Illinois, at present-day Alton, Illinois. The original Piasa illustration no longer exists; a newer 20th-century...
Lloyd Alton Doggett II (born October 6, 1946) is an American attorney and politician who is a U.S. representative from Texas. A member of the Democratic...
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's Harvey House waitresses. Directed by George Sidney...
Sangamon, Scott, and Shelby. The counties are organized into five deaneries: Alton, Jerseyville, Mattoon, Quincy and Springfield. There are currently 129 parishes...
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