Few winter storms are as legendary as the American Blizzard of 88, dumping 55 inches (140 cm) of snow in the northeast U.S. It was the snowiest, coldest and deadliest, winter storm in American history. From March 11-13, 1888, over 400 souls perished, including 200 in New York City alone. Many people were literally buried inContinue reading “The Great White Hurricane – the Terrible Blizzard of 88”
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Podcast: Typhoid Mary Mallon – Villain or Victim?
Over the past 100 years, Typhoid Mary’s name has became synonymous with any notorious carrier or spreader of an infectious disease, causing an epidemic or worse. But there was a real-life woman, Mary Mallon, and a tragic story behind that infamous name. Who was she and how did Typhoid Mary become so notorious? Prefer toContinue reading “Podcast: Typhoid Mary Mallon – Villain or Victim?”
Statue of Liberty Powerful Poem Still Rings True
The United States is a nation of immigrants, and the children of immigrants, coming to America for over four hundreds years. From the first Spaniard and Englishmen to the current Latinos and Asians.
An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions
CLICK HERE FOR AN AUDIO PODCAST For a vast number of Americans, including myself, our great-grandparents arrived in the U.S. as immigrants in the early 1900’s. There were no modern airports back then, just a vast, grey ocean to cross. So all the Poles, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Swedes, Hungarians, Germans and dozens of other nationalitiesContinue reading “An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions”
Podcast: An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions
For a vast number of Americans, their great-grandparents arrived in the U.S. as immigrants in the early 1900’s. There were no airports back then, just a cold, grey ocean to cross. So all the Poles, Russians, Italians, Greeks, Turks, Swedes, and Germans arrived in New York by steamship. Poorer immigrants in third class “steerage” were ferried by barge withContinue reading “Podcast: An Immigrant’s Ellis Island Fate Depended on 29 Questions”
America’s 1st Terrorist Attack – the 1920 Wall Street Bombing
As clocks struck Noon and the bells of nearby Trinity Church rang out on September 16th, 1920, a massive bomb exploded, tearing through New York City’s Financial District. The Wall Street bombing killed 38 people and injured hundreds more. The corner of Wall & Broad Streets was the epicenter of Manhattan’s Financial District, dominated byContinue reading “America’s 1st Terrorist Attack – the 1920 Wall Street Bombing”