United accepts one carbon dioxide (CO2) powered inflatable life jacket as checked or carry-on baggage. CO2 cartridges must be packed in checked baggage. Life jacket restrictions: Up to two small non-flammable gas cylinders fitted into the life jacket and up to two small spare cartridges will be accepted.
Benjamin Henry Grierson was a music teacher, then a career officer in the United States Army. He was a cavalry general in the volunteer Union Army during the Civil War and later led troops in the American Old West. He is most noted for an 1863 expedition through Confederate-held territory that severed enemy communication lines between Vicksburg, Mississippi and Confederate commanders in the Eastern Theater. After the war he organized and led the Buffalo Soldiers of the 10th Cavalry Regiment from
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 â April 17, 1790) is one of the most famous names attached to American History.He began his life in Boston and would become an American legend in Philadelphia.He was an influential voice throughout the Continental Congress and helped edit the Declaration of Independence. He served as a diplomat to France and England and helped bring about the Constitution of the United States. When Benjamin was 15 years old his brother James founded the New England Courant. 2  The New England Courant was the first independent newspaper in the colonies and would have a profound effect on Benjamin.