Today in History: September 9, 1776 – United States Officially Named 245 years ago today, the Continental Congress officially names their new union the… Read More »Today in History: September 9, 1776 – United States Officially Named
Ukraine in WWII [Pictures, as always, taken from goodreads.com] Description: This is one of those books that follows several main protagonists. For myself, I… Read More »Ukraine in WWII
WWII in Ukraine [Pictures, as always, taken from goodreads.com] Description: This is one of those books that follows several main protagonists. For myself, I find… Read More »WWII in Ukraine
Janowska Concentration Camp In September of 1941, the Nazis set up a factory on Janowska Street in Lvov, Poland for forced labor. This was… Read More »Janowska Concentration Camp
60 years ago, during the night of August 12-13, the Soviet Union built the Berlin Wall, dividing a beautiful city, to keep East Berliners escaping… Read More »Today in History: August 13, 1961 – Construction of the Berlin Wall
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire On Saturday, March 25, 1911, a fire broke out on “the eighth, ninth and tenth floors of the Asch Building,… Read More »Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
120 years ago, after the first electoral tie in American history, Thomas Jefferson is elected the 3rd president of the United States. The 1800… Read More »Today in History: February 17, 1801 – Jefferson Elected President
But his supporters never wavered. They ignored the lies and the hatred, even when it was directed at them, his supporters. Finally, for the first time in 30 years (for the first time in some of their lives), they had someone in the White House who cared about them. Who put them first. Who loved them.
60 years ago today, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave one of the most famous Farewell speeches in American history. Ike – like his predecessors Washington… Read More »Today in History: January 17, 1961 – Eisenhower Gives His Farewell Address
245 years ago today, Thomas Paine published his 47-page pamphlet, Common Sense, advocating the independence from Great Britain as not only achievable but inevitable. Descent… Read More »Today in History: January 10, 1776 – Thomas Paine Publishes Common Sense