// ===================================================== // Refer to the - _fAnimation.js - module for documentation // on how to activate the animation // ===================================================== // ===================================================== // The following function assigns the properties // to the aEvents array // ===================================================== function fImagesProperties(pURL, pDesc) { // document.write("Into fPreloadImages
") if(pURL==''){this.URL=" "}else{this.URL = pURL} if(pDesc==''){this.Desc=" "}else{this.Desc = pDesc} this.HasDisplayed = "n" // Used by the animate routine return } // ===================================================== // The fPreloadImages() function pulls both // the image files used in this simple animation // into memory as soon as it's called (in // this case, as soon as the page loads). // Doing this helps prevent an unattractive // lag time between the images. // // The list of Images is in the famousmasons sub directory // ===================================================== function fPreloadImages() { //document.write("Into fPreloadImages
") i1 = nImages // start up where we left off // ============================================= i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/abbott_bud.jpg", 'William Alexander "Bud" Abbott
1895-1974
American actor, producer and comedian.') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/adams_samual.jpg", 'Samual Adams
1722-1803
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States
American statesman, politician, writer and political philosopher, brewer') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/aldrin jr_buzz.jpg", '"Buzz" Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr
1930-
Astronaut
Apollo 11, 1st lunar landing. 2nd person to walk on the Moon') // i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/armstrong_neil alden.jpg", // "Neil Alden Armstrong
1930-
Astronaut
Apollo 11, 1st lunar landing. 1st Man to walk on the moon
That's one small step for [a] man,
one giant leap for mankind.") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/baldwin_henry.jpg", "Henry Baldwin
1780-1844
Supreme Court Justice
January 18, 1830 - April 21, 1844") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/beard_daniel.jpg", 'Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard
1850-1941
Founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905
Later merged with the Boy Scouts of America') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/bentsen jr_lloyd m.jpg", 'Lloyd Millard Bentsen Jr
1921-2006
U.S. Senator from Texas: 1971-1993
Democratic Party nominee for Vice President in 1988
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/berlin_irving.jpg", 'Irving Berlin
1888-1989
American composer and lyricist
"God Bless America," "White Christmas," "Anything You Can Do," "There\'s No Business Like Show Business"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/black_hugo l.jpg", "Hugo LaFayette Black
1886-1971
Supreme Court Justice
August 19, 1937 - September 17, 1971") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/blanc_mel.jpg", '"Mel" Melvin Jerome Blanc
1908-1989
"The Man of a Thousand Voices"
Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam, Barney Rubble, Mr. Spacely') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/blatchford_samuel.jpg", "Samuel Blatchford
1820-1893
Supreme Court Justice
April 3, 1882 - July 7, 1893") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/borgnine_ernest.jpg", "Ermes Effron Borgnino
1917-
Ernest Borgnine
Actor") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/bowie_jim.jpg", '"Jim" James Bowie
1796-1836
The "Bowie knife"
American pioneer and soldier
Killed at the Battle of the Alamo') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/bradley_omar n.jpg", 'Omar Nelson Bradley
1883-1981
General of the Army
Last surviving five-star commissioned officer of the United States') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/buchanan_james.jpg", "James Buchanan
1791-1868
15th President of the United States
March 4, 1857 - March 4, 1861") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/burton_harold.jpg", "Harold Burton
1888-1964
Supreme Court Justice
October 1, 1945 - October 13, 1958") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/carson_kit.jpg", '"Kit" (Christopher Houston) Carson
1809-1868
American frontiersman
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/clark_roy.jpg", 'Roy Linwood Clark
1933-
Country music musician and performer
Hosted Hee Haw from 1969-1992') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/cody_buffalo bill.jpg", '"Buffalo Bill" William Frederick Cody
1846-1917
"Buffalo Bill\'s Wild West"
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/crockett_david.jpg", '"Davy" David Crockett
1786-1836
"King of the Wild Frontier"
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/crosby_norm.jpg", 'Norm Crosby
1927-
Comedian
"The Master of Malaprop"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/demille_cecil.jpg", 'Cecil Blount DeMille
1881-1959
American filmmaker
The Ten Commandments
The King of Kings') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/dole_robert j.jpg", 'Robert Joseph Dole
1923-
15th United States Senate Majority Leader
Republican Presidential candidate 1996
Republican vice presidential candidate 1976') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/doolittle_jimmy.jpg", '"Jimmy" James Harold Doolittle
1896-1993
General in the United States Army Air Forces
The Doolittle Raid') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/douglas_william o.jpg", "William Orville Douglas
1898-1980
Supreme Court Justice
April 17, 1939 - November 12, 1975") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/fairbanks_douglas.jpg", "Douglas Fairbanks
1883-1939
American actor, screenwriter, director and producer
Noted for his swashbuckling roles in silent movies") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/fields_w c.jpg", "William Claude Dunkenfield
1880-1946
W C Fields
American juggler, comedian, and actor") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/ford_gerald r.jpg", "Gerald R Ford
1913-2006
38th President of the United States
August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/ford_henry.jpg", 'Henry Ford
1863-1947
Founder of the Ford Motor Company
Father of modern assembly lines') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/franklin_benjamin.png", 'Benjamin Franklin
1706-1790
the "First American"
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/garfield_james a.jpg", "James Abram Garfield
1831-1881
20th President of the United States
March 4, 1881 - September 19, 1881") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/gillette_king.jpg", "King Camp Gillette
1855-1932
American businessman, popularly known as the inventor of the safety razor. While he did improve the design, his true invention was an inexpensive, high profit-margin stamped steel disposable blade") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/gillmor_paul eugene.jpg", "Rep. Paul Eugene Gillmor
1939-2007
US House of Representatives
Ohio's 5th district") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/glenn jr_john h.gif", 'John Herschel Glenn Jr
1921-
American astronaut, Marine Corps fighter pilot and politician
3rd American to fly in space
1st American to orbit the Earth, aboard Friendship 7 in 1962') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/godfrey_arthur.jpg", 'Arthur Morton Godfrey
1903-1983
American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/grant_ulysses s.jpg", "Ulysses S Grant
1822-1885
18th President of the United States
March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/gray_harold.jpg", 'Harold Gray
1894-1968
American newspaper artist and cartoonist.
"Little Orphan Annie"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/grissom_gus.jpg", '"Gus" Virgil Ivan Grissom
1926-1967
Astronaut
2nd American to fly in space') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/hancock_john.jpg", "John Hancock
1737-1793
First signer of the United States Declaration of Independence
") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/harding_warren g.jpg", "Warren G Harding
1865-1923
29th President of the United States
March 4, 1921 - August 2, 1923") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/hardy_oliver.gif", '"Oliver" Norvel Hardy
1892-1957
Laurel and Hardy, with his friend Stan Laurel
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/henry_patrick.jpg", 'Patrick Henry
1736-1799
"Give me liberty or give me death"
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/hope_bob.jpg", "Leslie Townes Hope
1903-2003
Bob Hope
USO career lasted half a century") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/hornish jr_sam.jpg", 'Sam Hornish Jr
1979-
Race Car Driver
Indianapolis 500 champion') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/hornsby_rogers.jpg", "Rogers Hornsby
1896-1963
The Rajah") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/houdini_harry.jpg", "Ehrich Weisz
1874-1926
Harry Houdini") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/ives_burl.jpg", "Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives
1909-1995
American actor and acclaimed folk music singer and author") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/jackson_andrew.jpg", "Andrew Jackson
1767-1845
7th President of the United States
March 4, 1829 - March 4, 1837") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/johnson_andrew.jpg", "Andrew Johnson
1808-1875
17th President of the United States
April 15, 1865 - March 4, 1869") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/jones_john paul.jpg", 'John Paul Jones
1747-1792
"Father of the American Navy."
"I have not yet begun to fight!"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/jones_melvin.jpg", 'Melvin Jones
1879-1961
Founder of Lions Clubs International
"You can\'t get very far until you start doing something for somebody else."') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/kemp jr_jack.jpg", 'Jack French Kemp Jr
1935-
American politician and former professional football player
Republican vice presidential candidate in 1996.') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/lejeune_john a.jpg", 'John Archer Lejeune
1867-1942
Commandant USMC
"Greatest of all Leathernecks"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/lindbergh_charles.jpg", 'Charles Augustus Lindbergh
1902-1974
"Lucky Lindy", "The Lone Eagle,"
First solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic
1927 in the "Spirit of St. Louis."') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/macarthur_douglas.jpg", 'Douglas MacArthur
1880-1964
General of the Army
"In war, there is no substitute for victory."') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/marshall_john.jpg", "John Marshall
1755-1835
4th Chief Justice of the United States
February 4, 1801 - July 6, 1835") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/marx_harpo.jpg", 'Arthur "Harpo" Marx
1888-1964
The Marx Brothers
Never talked during performances, he often blew a horn or whistled to communicate with people.') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/mayo_charles.jpg", "Charles Horace Mayo
1865-1939
Co-founder - The Mayo Clinic
") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/mayo_william.jpg", "William James Mayo
1861-1939
Co-founder - The Mayo Clinic
") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/mcKinley jr_william.jpg", "William McKinley Jr
1843-1901
25th President of the United States
March 4, 1897 - September 14, 1901") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/mitchell_edgar.jpg", 'Edgar Dean Mitchell
1930-
Astronaut
Apollo 14, 3rd lunar landing. 6th person to walk on the Moon') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/mix_tom.jpg", '"Tom" Thomas Edwin Mix
1880-1940
American film actor and the star of many early Western movies
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/monroe_james.jpg", "James Monroe
1758-1831
5th President of the United States
March 4, 1817 - March 4, 1825") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/murphy_audie.jpg", "Audie Leon Murphy
1924-1971
Most Decorated WWII Veteran
") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/naismith_james a.jpg", "James A Naismith
1861-1939
Inventor of the sport of basketball
First to introduce the use of a helmet in American football") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/otis jr_james.jpg", 'James Otis Jr
1725-1783
"Taxation without Representation is Tyranny"
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/paisley_brad.jpg", '"Brad" Bradley Douglas Paisley
1972-
American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/peale_norman vincent.jpg", 'Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
1898-1993
Protestant preacher and author
"The Power of Positive Thinking"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/penney_james.jpg", 'James Cash Penney
1875-1971
Founded J.C. Penney
"Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I\'ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I\'ll give you a stock clerk."') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/perry jr_james evan.jpg", "James Evan Perry Jr.
1935-
Right Handed Pitcher
3-time All-Star
1970 Cy Young Award Winner") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/pershing_john.jpg", 'John Joseph "Black Jack" Pershing
1860-1948
General
Only person, while still alive, to rise to "General of the Armies"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/pike jr_zebulon.jpg", 'Zebulon Montgomery Pike Jr
1779-1813
American soldier and explorer for whom Pikes Peak in Colorado is named
His Pike expedition, mapped much of the southern portion of the Louisiana Purchase') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/polk_james k.jpg", "James Knox Polk
1795-1849
11th President of the United States
March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/pullman_george.jpg", "George Mortimer Pullman
1831-1897
Inventor of the Pullman sleeping car
") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/revere_paul.jpg", 'Paul Revere
1734-1818
American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution.') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/rhodes_james allen.jpg", "James Allen Rhodes
1909-2007
61st & 63rd Governor of Ohio
January 14, 1963 - January 11, 1971
January 13, 1975 - January 10, 1983") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/richards_michael.jpg", 'Michael Anthony Richards
1949-
Actor
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/rickenbacker_eddie.jpg", "Eddie Rickenbacker
1890-1973
World War I fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient
Race car driver and automotive designer") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/rogers_will.jpg", '"Will" William Penn Adair Rogers
1879-1935
American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and actor.
Known as Oklahoma\'s favorite son') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/roosevelt_franklin d.jpg", "Franklin Delano Rossevelt
1882-1945
32nd President of the United States
March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/roosevelt_theodore.jpg", "Theodore Roosevelt
1858-1919
26th President of the United States
September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/sanders_harland.jpg", '"Colonel" Harland David Sanders
1890-1980
Kentucky Fried Chicken') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/schirra jr_wally.jpg", '"Wally" Walter Marty Schirra Jr
1923-2007
Astronaut
Only man to fly in Mercury, Gemini and Apollo space programs. Logged a total of 295hrs and 15mins in space') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/skelton_red.jpg", 'Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton
1913-1997
American comedian
"Good night and may God bless"
Click flag to hear Red Skelton\'s Pledge of Allegiance') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/sousa_john phillip.jpg", 'John Phillip Sousa
1854-1932
"The March King"
Head of the U.S. Marine (Corps) Band') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/taft_william howard.jpg", "William Howard Taft
1857-1930
27th President of the United States
March 4, 1909 - March 4, 1913") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/thomas_danny.jpg", "Amos Alphonsus Muzyad Yaqoob
1914-1991
Danny Thomas
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/thomas_dave.jpg", '"Dave" Rex David Thomas
1932-2002
American businessman and philanthropist
Founder of Wendy\'s') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/tillis_mel.jpg", '"Mel" Lonnie Melvin Tillis
1932-
American Country Music Singer
') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/truman_harry s.jpg", "Harry S Truman
1884-1972
33rd President of the United States
April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/twain_mark.jpg", 'Samuel Langhorne Clemens
1835-1910
Mark Twain
American humorist, satirist, lecturer and writer.') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/warren_earl.jpg", "Earl Warren
1891-1974
14th Chief Justice of the United States
October 5, 1953 - June 23, 1969") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/washington_george.jpg", "George Washington
1732-1799
1st President of the United States
April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797") i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/wayne_john.jpg", 'Marion Robert Morrison
1907-1979
John Wayne
"The Duke"') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/wright_orville.jpg", 'Orville Wright
1871-1948
First heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903.
"We came down here for wind and sand, and we have got them."') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/wright_wilbur.jpg", 'Wilbur Wright
1867-1912
First heavier-than-air human flight on December 17, 1903.
"It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill."') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/wynn_ed.jpg", 'Isaiah Edwin Leopold
1886-1966
Ed Wynn
"The Perfect Fool."
"Dear God, Thank You."') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/young_cy.jpg", '"Cy" Denton True Young
1867-1955
Baseball
Career Record for most wins - 511') i1+=1;aImages[i1] = new fImagesProperties("famousmasons/zanuck_darryl f.jpg", "Darryl Francis Zanuck
1902-1979
producer, writer, actor and director
") // ============================================= nImages = i1 // set new count of images // var preloadImage = new Image; // for (var i=0; i