By Dianne L. Beetler When Abraham Lincoln became president of the United States, he brought two boys to the White House to live. They were his sons, 11-year-old Willie and 8-year-old Tad. The boys’ older brother, Bob, was in col-lege and spent little time in Washington, D.C. Because Washington was different from Springfield, Illinois, where the Lincolns had lived before […]
By Robert Reed Growing up the 1950s had to be a grand experience. A new decade of expansion and prosperity had replaced the years of economic depression and world war. Incomes were up as the nation entered the 1950s, and the sheer number of American families was on the increase. When Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 a delighted […]
February 1 National Freedom Day (1865) February 4 George Washington elected first President (1789) February 4 Founding of the USO (1941) February 11 51st Anniversary of the first American prisoners of war released from Vietnam (1973) February 12 Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday February 14 Valentine’s Day February 20 President’s Day February 22 George Washington’s Birthday February 24 Rebecca Lee became the […]
Frederick Douglass was a formerly enslaved man who became a prominent activist, author and public speaker. He became a leader in the abolitionist movement, which sought to end the practice of slavery, before and during the Civil War. After that conflict and the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862, he continued to push for equality and human rights until his death in […]
By Rosemary McKittrick And there’s many a story that could be told Of the fine figureheads that were chiseled of old On the dreary sands they crumble today From Terra del Fuego to Baffins Bay. –19th century naval officer The golden-haired figurehead in her white and green gown seems confident and casual about her ability to calm Neptune. Battling the […]
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