AGE: 18 HOMETOWN: Templeton PARENTS: Becky and John Worden HONORS AND AWARDS: National Honor Society member; English Honor Society member; Thespian Honor Society member; Music Honor Society mem… ...

A quiet Navy lieutenant from Poughkeepsie, N.Y., named John Lorimer Worden became a thorn in the side of Florida and ultimately the entire Confederacy during the Civil War. Early in 1861, Fort ...

Then-Lt. John Lorimer Worden received the sword from the state of New York after staving off the Confederate naval fleet in a pivotal 1862 battle – the first between two ironclad ships – that ...

A 97-year-old war hero was forced to wait more than three hours in agony for an ambulance after breaking his hip. Commander John Lorimer was left stricken in his bed due to the huge delay. The ...