Most remember the 2000 contested election of George W. Bush vs. Al Gore. It ended in the U.S. Supreme Court, with Vice President Al Gore finally conceding to Bush. 2020’s Trump vs. Biden election was contested in numerous courts on a state by state-level, but not at a federal level. The last contested U.S.Continue reading “The Prior U.S. Presidential Contested Election? The Ugly Campaign of 1876”
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10 Forgotten Facts about Women’s Suffrage
August 18th, 2020 marked 100 years since women in the U.S. were finally given the right to vote. Though the Declaration of Independence in 1776 declared that all ‘men’ are created equal, the U.S. Constitution did not grant such equality to women. For the next 144 years, U.S. women were denied the right to vote,Continue reading “10 Forgotten Facts about Women’s Suffrage”
Iraq and Iran did not exist prior to World War I
For all their revolutions and wars over the last four decades, you must remember that Iraq and Iran are relatively new nations on the world scene. Neither existed as we know them today prior to World Wars I and II. Since then, these 2 very different Muslim nations, with similar sounding names, have had aContinue reading “Iraq and Iran did not exist prior to World War I”
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.
Birmingham Bombing Killed Four Black Girls
The Birmingham Bombing in Alabama was a sad day in U.S. history. Just 60+ years ago, on a sunny Sunday morning, September 15, 1963, services began at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. The mainly Black congregation greeted each other with broad smiles like they did any other Sunday. It was also YouthContinue reading “Birmingham Bombing Killed Four Black Girls”
Who Burned the Great Library of Alexandria?
The Great Library of Alexandria, on the coast of northern Egypt was once the largest of the ancient world, containing the works of Homer, Plato, Euclid, Socrates, Aristotle and hundreds more.
Teddy Roosevelt’s Darkest Day was NOT as US President
Theodore Roosevelt’s darkest day did not occur while he was President of the United States, but rather 17 years earlier.
10 Examples of Being on the Wrong Side of History
Here are 9 cases of ideas or theories that were once widely believed as truth, but most definitely ended up on the Wrong Side of History, some are moral, some technological, and some philosophical.
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”
Orson Welles’ 1938 Halloween Radio Play Panicked America
Actor and producer Orson Welles caused a nationwide panic in the U.S. when he broadcast his “War of the Worlds” radio play on Sunday night, October 30, 1938. It was so realistic, listeners who tuned in late after 8:00 PM thought they were hearing horrifying news accounts of an actual Martian invasion of Earth! ThereContinue reading “Orson Welles’ 1938 Halloween Radio Play Panicked America”