By Anne Gilbert Q. I found this ugly metal and glass inkwell while cleaning out a desk drawer in an old office building. The building was going to be demolished and this had been my late fathers office for many years. I had planned to throw it away but decided to find out if it was anything special. The bottom of the […]
By Anne Gilbert There’s nothing new about collecting golf memorabilia. However, it wasn’t until 1970 that two ardent golfers, Robert Kuntz and Joseph S.F. Murdoch decided it was time to get serious about collecting golf history. The result was “The Golf Collectors’ Society,” an international organization that connects and educates golfers about collecting. Golf originated in Scotland around the East Coast in […]
August 3 Washington Assumes Com-mand of the Continental Army (1775) August 5 Abraham Lincoln imposes the first federal income tax (1861) August 7 George Washington creates the Purple Heart (1782) August 10 76th Anniversary of the Department of War, renamed the Department of Defense (1949) August 14 Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the U.S., signs […]
By Rachel Hoffman Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, is the day we Americans celebrate our nation’s existence. It was 250 years ago, on July 4, 1776, that the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Second Continental Congress declared that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, and no longer a part of […]
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