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1		Dunnotar Castle in Aberdeen, Scotland William Wallace, Mary Queen of Scots, the Marquis of Montrose and the future King Charles II, all graced the Castle with their presence. Most famously though, it was at Dunnottar Castle that a small garrison held out against the might of Cromwell’s army for eight months and saved the Scottish Crown Jewels, the ‘Honours of Scotland’, from destruction. Crown, sceptre and sword now take pride of place in Edinburgh Castle. A darker chapter in the history of Dunnottar is that of the ‘Whig’s Vault’. The gruesome story of the imprisonment in 1685 of a group of Covenanters who refused to acknowledge the King’s supremacy in spiritual matters. The Castle was the home of the Earls Marischal once one of the most powerful families in the land. The last Earl was convicted of treason for his part in the Jacobite rising of 1715, and as a result his estates, including Dunnottar, were seized by the government. The buildings were thereafter much neglected until 1925 when the 1st Viscountess Cowdray embarked on a systematic repair of the Castle. The Castle was officially made open to visitors thereafter.	22
2		Emil Karol-Chik Emil led a full life before passing away in February 2010. He served in both the Army and the Air Force and saw action in three wars. He was the father of three children and step-father to two more. So much was lost with his passing.	8	KAROL-CHIK Emil
3		Family Crests, Coats of Arms, and Tartans	3
4		Home of Reverend James Keith The Reverend James Keith Parsonage, sometimes simply called the Keith House, is a 17th century building preserved and maintained by the Old Bridgewater Historical Society (OBHS) in West Bridgewater, Massachusetts. According to the OBHS, the Keith House "was built in 1662 by the proprietors of what was originally called the Duxborough Plantation, later called Old Bridgewater, purchased from the Indian Chief Massasoit. The House was built for the first settled minister James Keith, who served the area from 1664 to 1719. Because the area was a colonial outpost, the house also served as a garrison and it was in this house that the wife and son of King Philip were held during the King Philip's War in 1676." The King Philip's War was proportionately one of the bloodiest and costliest in the history of America. More than half of New England's ninety towns were assaulted by Native American warriors. The war is named after the main leader of the Native American side, Metacomet, Metacom, or Pometacom, known to the English as "King Philip." According to the OBHS, the building is the "oldest parsonage and garrison house in the Americas."	36	Keith Parsonage, Bridgewater, Plymouth, Massachusetts, MA
5		Kathy Keith A daughter, a wife, and a mother, Kathy passed away from us too young at the age of 53. As the mother of the site's author, Shellie Karol-Chik, her life is memorialized here in pictures.	20	KEITH Kathy Ann

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