The United States of America has great families, great men, in no small measure. but particularly of note is one of the greatest military families ever produced in the land of the States. Here I present to you the a family whose patriarch, MacArthur snr, who was appointed a federal judge, came from Scotland and arrived USA in 1825.

Read on the rich history, interesting and inspiring story of this great family.

THE PATRIARCH EDUCATION AND MARRIAGE

The Arthurian patriarch, MacARTHUR Snr, was ten years when he arrived in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA from Scotland. He was accompanied by his widowed mother. After growing up in Chicopee Falls, he attended Wesleyan University and Amherst College, studied law in New York and was admitted in the Massachusetts Bar in 1840. Four years later (1845) he got married to miss Aurelia, a granddaughter to the famous Sarah B

THE ARTHURIAN CHRONOLOGY

Year	Life Event
1825	Arthur MacArthur snr arrived in the United States from Scotland.
1845	Arthur MacArthur jnr. was born.
1862	Arthur Jnr commissioned as first lieutenant in the Union Army at age 17; (a teenager)
1863	Arthur Jnr. wins Congressional Medal of Honour in the Union army.
1864	Arthur Jnr. became a full Colonel at age 19; ( still a teenager)
1866	Arthur Jnr. began Indian fighting on the frontier.
1870	Arthur Snr. was appointed a US federal judge by President Grant
1875	Arthur Jnr. married miss Pinky Hardy
1880	Douglas MacArthur (herein called MacArthur) was born January 26th, on army post and his army frontier childhood began.
1893	MacArthur was enlisted a Cadet in the West Texas Military Academy.
1896	Arthur MacArthur died.
1898	General Arthur MacArthur Jnr. fought in the Spanish-American war.
1900	General Arthur Jnr. was named Military Governor of the Philippines.
1901	MacArthur, while still a cadet in West Point, testified before the congressional committee.
1903	MacArthur graduates from West Point on top of the class; ie, first in class, promoted 2nd lieutenant.
1904	MacArthur was promoted first lieutenant.
1905	Tours far east with his parents.
1906	was appointed aide to President Theodore Roosevelt.
1908	was reprimanded twice for insubordination.
1911	was promoted to the rank of captain.
1912	Arthur MacArthur Jnr. died at age 67.
1913	MacArthur was appointed to general staff 1914:
1914	raided Vera Cruz in April, there after was recommended for Congressional Medal of Honour
1915	was promoted to the rank of major.
1917	already a colonel, was assigned to the Rainbow Division chief of staff; at age 37.
1918	fought in France and "decorated nine times for heroism", his mother, Pinky, demanded for the his promotion; request granted, he became a general at age 38 and cammaned the Rainbow Division.
1919	became superintendent of West Point.
1922	got married to Louis Brooks at age 42.
1925	Louis divorced him after 7 seven years of marriage.
1930	He took a Eurasian mistress; became army chief of staff.
1934	Fifteen thousand US dollars bought off his mistress.
1935	Pinky, his mother, died.
1936	MacArthur became Field Marshall in Philippines at the age of 56
1937	MacArthur got married to Lean Marie Faircloth
1938	Arthur MacArthur IV was born Manila.
1941	FDR recalled MacArthur to active duty as US Far East commander.
1944	MacArthur masterpiece: FDR-MacArthur meeting in Honolulu; MacArthur became a 5-star general at age 64.
1945	MacArthur recaptured Bataan, Manila and Corregidor; he defied the joint chiefs, retook Central and Southern Philippines, flew into Yokohama unarmed; Japanese surrendered to him on battleship Missouri.
1950	became the first United Nations commander; his greatest victory: the recapture of Seoul; UN General assembly voted 47:5 to order him to capture North Korea; he therefore crossed the 38th parallel. Chinese entered Korean war as White House forbade MacArthur from entering Chinese bases in Manchuria and rejected his four-point plan to widen the war.
1952	delivers keynote address at the GOP National convention and tried to deprive Eisenhower of presidential nomination.
1955	proposes that war be outlawed.

The Arthurians are historic and adventurous, the US military history cannot be complete without the mention of this great family army generals/ field marshal. Stay tuned to the vivid description of these personalities in the next part of this article. You will be amazed to know the kind of breed or specie, if you like, these stuff were made of.

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