An interesting historical story.
NAME – George Washington NICKNAME(S) – The Old Fox / The Sage of Mount Vernon BIRTH / DEATH – Feb. 22, 1732 Westmoreland County, Va. / Dec. 14, 1799 Mount Vernon FATHER – planter (died when he was 11) MOTHER – housewife COLLEGE – did not attend WIFE – Martha Read more…
The Democratic Convention of 1968 took place in Chicago. It took place in a year when the anti-Vietnam War movement and the counterculture were peaking. The event attracted 10,000 anti-war protesters. Chaos ensued as police clashed with demonstrators. Mayor Daley was determined to crush the demonstrators. On August 25, Read more…
Aaron Burr came from a wealthy family. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (today it is Princeton) at age 17. He served with valor in the Continental Army in the Revolutionary War. After the war, he entered politics. He was elected to the New York State Assembly Read more…
Today is the anniversary of the birth of the President with the shortest tenure. Here is the information on him that appears on this web site. NAME – William Henry Harrison NICKNAME(S) – Old Tippecanoe / Old Granny BIRTH / DEATH – Feb. 9, 1773 Berkeley, Va. / 1841 Washington, Read more…
I would like to start by apologizing to all Baby Boomers for putting this ear worm in your head, especially if you are remembering the X-rated lyrics. And I also am going to apologize for this post because it’s about a song that had no X-rated lyrics. Read more…
Howard Gilmore was born on September 29, 1902. He enlisted in the Navy at age 18. In 1922, he enrolled in the Naval Academy. He graduated in 1926 and was posted to the battleship USS Mississippi. In 1930, he transferred to submarines. He survived a throat cutting from locals Read more…
Lizzie Magie was a woman ahead of her time. She was a feminist and a socialist. In fact, she was an anti-monopolist at a time when the Robber Barons reigned. She wrote poetry. She also designed games. In 1904, she came up with a game she called “The Landlord’s Read more…
Sneaky Frenchmen place dynamite on train tracks on a bridge and blow up a German train causing it to plunge into a river. That’s one image that comes to mind when you hear “French resistance”. Images were created by Ernest Hemingway’s “For Whom the Bell Tolls” (which was about Read more…
The first woman titled “Miss America” was Edith Macartney. She was crowned on Feb. 1, 1919 in a pageant held in New York City. This pageant did not go on to become the famous Miss America Pageant. Atlantic City was a popular destination for families wanting to enjoy a Read more…
Eddie Slovik was the fifth child of an immigrant family that settled in Michigan. The family was poor and during the Depression his father was often unemployed. At age 12, Eddie took to supplementing the family income by stealing. He was arrested several times as a teenager and joined Read more…