By Henry J. Pratt Scores of sewing machines hum, whirl, and whine in a busy workroom, half the size of the Denver Broncos Mile High football stadium. Tables overflow with red, white and blue cloth. A mountain of red and white stripes form like curtains on the floor, as material streams endlessly from the machines. Nearby, a woman methodically measures […]
Marjorie McLaren of Anchorage, Alaska, tells us, “June’s What Is It? shows two micro mosaic hat pins likely made in Italy in the mid 19th to early 20th century. Around that time wealthy people would take a Grand Tour of Europe – especially Italy – and would bring back colorful mementos such as these hat pins, made with tiny colorful […]
The story of Chief Standing Bear, which has reached new levels of prominence in Nebraska of late, now will be spread further through the U.S. mail. A “Forever” commemorative stamp bearing the likeness of the Ponca leader is to be issued and became available for use nationwide May 12. The U.S. Postal Service says it is printing 18 million of […]
By Robert Reed I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream. —popular 20th century phrase. George Washington may well have been the nation’s first celebrity consumer of ice cream back in the 18th century. The “Father of Our Country” was known to have purchased a “cream machine for ice” as early as 1784. An inventory of his estate […]
June 10 John Adams proposes Continental Army (1775) June 11 75th Anniversary of the first monkey astronaut, Albert I, being launched into space from White Sands, New Mexico (1948) June 12 Women Veterans Appreciation Day June 14 Congress establishes U.S. Army (1775) June 14 50th Anniversary of Skylab, the United States’ first space station, being launched (1973) June 14 Flag […]
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