My daughter Brynn recently brought my attention to an interview on National Public Radio (NPR) with Charles C. Mann the author of the bestselling 1491 and 1493. I am intently interested in ancient American culture so I was happy that she had emailed me a link to the interview. I admire the incredible amount of ...
William Harvey Carney was an African American man of distinguished courage and bravery of the American Civil War and was a man before his time when he would receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for the heroic deeds that he did in the War. He would not receive the Medal of Honor until many years ...
Odysseus was considered to be a hero to his people because of his part in the victory at Troy. They were anxious for him to return home in glory. However, even though he supposedly set sail at the same time as the other ships, his voyage was anything but quick and easy. The gods seemed ...
When I was a very young girl, I remember watching my great grandmother crochet around metal bottle caps. After she crocheted around each cap, she attached them together and created a grouping of grapes. These colorful groupings of grapes were used for trivets or hotpads in the kitchen. She also used them under her plants ...
Egypt’s ancient culture is fascinating to learn about. There are two great exhibitions in Chicago that can enlighten you about life in Egypt 5,000 years ago. The Field Museum has an ancient tomb, mummies, and artifacts, along with fascinating ancient mythology. The Alder Planetarium projects a simulation of the starry skies as they would have ...
Dracula, one of the most well known vampires, is not just a creation of Bram Stoker’s imagination. He is, in fact, based on a real person. Vlad Dracul was a blood thirsty ruler in Transylvania who wrought terror as he fought his way through power. Vlad’s tactic’s eventually led to the moniker of Vlad the ...
Many of us are familiar with most of the 10 Amendments that make up the Bill of Rights section of the U.S. Constitution. However, other parts of this very important document often go unnoticed. One of those parts is Article 5 of the Constitution. Its purpose is to outline how the U.S. Constitution can be ...
We all know that Rosa Parks’s actions on December 1, 1955 helped to spur the Civil Rights movement that ended legal racial segregation in the south and propelled Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. into the forefront of the movement. While she was honored by many for the rest of her life, she continued to struggle ...
When Kentucky born pioneers Robert and Zerelda (Zee) James built their log cabin on the Missouri frontier, neither dreamed that their sons would one day rank among the nation’s most infamous outlaws. When son Jesse James was born on September 5, 1847 at their home near Kearny, Missouri, he was welcomed into the growing family. ...
On that fateful day when the founders of our country signed their names in acceptance of the U.S. Constitution, they created the foundation of our country. Those strong men worked day and night for several months, attempting to create the perfect set-up for what they hoped would be a very successful country. Although they did ...
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