A congresswoman has asked top military officials that Brian Sicknick, the officer and military veteran who died from his injuries during the violent attack on the Capitol, be buried with honors at Arlington National Cemetery.
On Aug. 18, 1838, the Exploring Expedition led by Navy Lt. Charles Wilkes embarked on a world cruise of scientific discovery. He fit well into a class of armed scientists, military naturalists who rose to prominence in the 18th and 19th centuries.