birthplace

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The roughly 60-mile journey adds to the hundreds of miles she’s already traveled from her birthplace in Plumas County, in the far northeastern corner of California.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

Once a classic American success story—he came from a family of striving Italian immigrants who ran Perry’s Grill on North Street in Endicott, N.Y.—Luciano’s life ended in Endicott, the birthplace of IBM.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Rubio became the highest-ranking US official ever to visit the tiny country, the birthplace of one of the United States' founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

In 2019, at the age of just 15, she switched her sporting allegiance from the US to China, wanting to "inspire millions of young people in Beijing - my mother's birthplace" before the 2022 Olympics.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

A week after his passing, Garfield was peacefully laid to rest in a vault a few miles from his birthplace.

From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow