Born as a slave on February 29, 1840, at Norfolk, Virginia, William Harvey Carney was an African American soldier during the American Civil War. Born as a slave, he was awarded the Medal of Honor in 1900 for his gallantry in saving the regimental colors (American Flag) during the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863. […]
During this short month, we celebrate the following: • American Heart Month • Canned Food Month • Great American Pie Month • National Cherry Month • National Grapefruit Month On February 1, 1884, the first portion, or fascicle, of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED), considered the most comprehensive and accurate dictionary of the English language, […]
A few years ago, a good friend of ours, Keith Paddick, introduced us to the concept of the “Art of Doing Nothing.” In fact, NWC published his essay on the topic in last year’s January issue. As it turns out, Keith is not alone in thinking that we ought to promote this “art.” In 1972, […]
On a crisp, clear morning 104 years ago, thousands of British, Belgian and French soldiers put down their rifles, stepped out of their trenches, and spent Christmas mingling with their German enemies along the Western front. In the hundred-plus years since, the event has been seen as a kind of miracle, a rare moment of […]
When World War I broke out, the nation already knew “Fast Eddie” Reichenbacher as a skilled race car driver for General Motors. When America entered the war in 1917, his fame took second place to his patriotism. Eddie was among the first to enlist. It was during this time that Rickenbacker anglicized his last name […]
Here is an amazing story from a flight attendant on Delta Flight 15, written following 9/11/2001. This is not political. It is a little-known true story about 9/11. “On the morning of Tuesday, September 11, we were about 5 hours out of Frankfurt, flying over the North Atlantic. All of a sudden the curtains parted […]
August 24, 79 A.D. was an historic date for the world. This was the day that Mount Vesuvius erupted in a huge explosion. It was one of the largest volcanic explosions in recorded history. Mount Vesuvius is a volcano in southern Italy that sat dormant for centuries. But that all changed when the deadly volcano […]
Excerpted from Wallbuilders.com On August 6, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. That blast hastened the end of the War and helped halt further war deaths in the Pacific Theater beyond the 20 million lives already lost. With the war in Europe ended, Japan and the Pacific became the unitary focus of Allied […]
On July 14, 1789 Parisian revolutionaries and mutinous troops stormed and dismantled the Bastille, a royal fortress and prison that had come to symbolize the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs. This dramatic action signaled the beginning of the French Revolution. At the time, Thomas Jefferson proclaimed: that France had “been awakened by our [American] Revolution.” […]
On the morning of June 27th, I received the following e-mail from the Co-Founders of airbnb, Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia and Nathan Blecharczyk.:<hello@airbnbmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 6:49 AM To: xxxx Subject: Let’s keep traveling forward