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
When Peter Kelleher’s 33-year-old son Travis passed away in 2016 after battling addiction and homelessness, Kelleher knew he wanted to help those battling the same fight Travis did. What started off as making hot soup and delivering it to the homeless in Brockton, Massachusetts, has now grown to a regional effort aimed at not just […]
Legend has it that, in 1849, a mechanic named Walter Hunt owed a friend $15 and decided to invent something new in order to earn the money to repay him. He invented the safety pin. On April 10, 1849, Hunt received a US patent for his invention. The anniversary of the day when the patent […]
Recently, our son Thom who is a very talented artist, was asked to produce a drawing of a likeness of Chief Oratam, of the Lenape Native American Nation, for a silent auction fundraiser to be held by the PTA of the Haledon (New Jersey) Public School. Affixed to the back of the framed drawing was […]
During the 80’s and 90’s, Frank and I were blessed with the opportunity to vacation in England several times. On a couple of those occasions, one of our sight-seeing highlights was a visit down the Thames River to the spectacular Great Thames Barrier. We had never heard of the barrier before and first encountered it […]
The Charlie Brown and Franz Stigler incident occurred on December 20, 1943, when, after a successful bomb run on Bremen, Germany, 2nd Lt Charles “Charlie” Brown’s B-17 Flying Fortress (named “Ye Olde Pub”) was severely damaged by German fighters. Luftwaffe pilot Franz Stigler had the opportunity to shoot down the crippled bomber, but did not. […]
The Arlington National Cemetery is truly sacred ground. It is the final resting place for over 400,000 of our nation’s military, some of whom have been buried there since the Civil War. The grounds were originally the property of the family of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s wife, who was also a granddaughter of George […]