Provence fires: thousands evacuated from French campsites. Officials estimate 10,000 people moved out of the way, with dozens of mobile homes burnt out as drought-hit Var region is hit by string of blazes. Fire damage at a campsite in Bagnols-en-Foret, Var department, southern France. Photograph: Boris Horvat/AFP/Getty.
A Candidate Forum for the Richardson ISD Board of Trustees will be held Wednesday, April 12, 2017, at 7:00 p.m. in the auditorium of the RISD Administration Building 400 S. Greenville Avenue, Richardson, TX 75081. This forum will be cosponsored by the League of Women Voters of Richardson and the RISD Council of PTAs.
Early life and career [edit]. Richardson was born in Fairfax, Vermont. He was reportedly a descendant of famed American Revolutionary War general Israel Putnam. He was appointed from Vermont to the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. He graduated 38th out of 58 cadets in the Class of 1841.