Civil Rights Leader Medgar Evers
Forty-Five years ago on June 12, 1963, civil rights activist and NAACP leader Medgar Evers was on his way to his home in Jackson Mississippi when he was struck down by an assassin’s bullet. Earlier in the day, President John F. Kennedy had delivered a speech supporting civil rights on national television. Evers was born [...]
Lewes Delaware
Lewes is located on the Atlantic Ocean and is pronounced ‘Lewis’. The Dutch settlement of Hoerekil was founded in 1631, near Lewes and was one of the first settlements of Delaware. In fact it’s because of this settlement that Delaware is not part of Maryland. When Cæcilius Calvert was given the grant for Maryland in [...]
Frances Ethel Gumm – The Early Years
On June 10, 1922, the youngest child of former vaudevillians Frank Gumm and Ethel Milne was born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Frances Ethel Gumm, also called Baby, had her first stage performance at the age of two and a half when she appeared with her sisters Mary Jane and Dorothy Virginia singing Jiggle Bells at [...]
Woodrow Wilson – President of Princeton University
On June 9, 1902, Woodrow Wilson became the President of Princeton University. He would hold the post until 1910 when he decided to run for the post of Governor of New York. At the time he was a professor at the University having joined the faculty in 1890. Wilson is the only President to hold [...]
Accidential Celebrity
Frank Purdue Frank Purdue was a chicken farmer from the eastern shore of Maryland town of Salisbury. In 1971 in an effort to spread word of his chicken into the New York area he was convinced by his advertising company to be the spoke person for his company. Orville Redenbacher Redenbacher spent his early life [...]
The Not Usual Places to See in Delmarva
Here are six places to visit in Delmarva that may not be on the usual Must-See lists. New Castle Court House; New Castle, Delaware: The Court House was built in 1732 over the remains of the prior Court House that had been destroyed by fire. It served as Delaware’s first state capitol. It is from [...]
When creating a Business Plan
6 Things to Consider when developing a Business Plan: 1) One is needed. A plan will lead you to think through all aspects of the business and keep you focus on a clear path 2) Use a coach. You don’t need to hire a consultant to help you develop a plan; many retired business owners [...]
Indian Citizen Act of 1924
On June 2, 1924 President Calvin Coolidge signed into law the Indian Citizen Act of 1924. The act granted citizenship to all native American Indians who had been born in the United States or their Territories. Prior to this Indians held a strange status. While some had acquired citizenship by marriage, or through military service [...]
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