Memories of Those Who Make Us Who We Are
Life is filled with those who shape us. Some may know that they are shaping you by their actions. Such as a teacher or business mentor. Part of what they are trying to do in their attempt to succeed is to help you improve yourself. But sometimes the most important ones are those who are [...]
Dover, Delaware – A Capital City
Dover, is the county seat of Kent County, Delaware. A neighboring county is Kent County, Maryland which makes its one of the few counties in the United States to border a county of another state with the same name. Dover not only is the county seat for Kent County it also serves as the State [...]
NASA is 50 in 2008 Too
Along with people such as Madonna, Michael Jackson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Prince, NASA is also celebrating it’s 50 years as an agency. On July 29, 1958, Congress created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) when President Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act. NASA officially began operations on October 1, 1958, [...]
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins became a member of the American Football League when they expanded in 1965, playing their first regular season game on September 2, 1966 against The Oakland Raiders. Even though Joe Auer returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for the Dolphins first Touch Down the Dolphins lost the game 23-14. They currently play [...]
Quotes about Thursday
“If I love you Wednesday, What is that to you? I do not love you Thursday – so much is true.” – Edna St Vincent Millay “‘Twas on a Holy Thursday, their innocent faces clean, The children walking two and two, in red and blue and green.” – William Blake “Liverpool can be very lonely [...]
Accomack County Virginia
Accomack County, as it is today, was last formally established in 1671. In 1634 the Eastern Shore of Virginia was one of the original eight shires of Virginia and was name Accomac Shire after the Native American word Accawacke, which means “across the water”. The British decided to eliminate ‘heathen’ names in the New World [...]
400 and Counting
I just realized that this past Friday was the 400th post here at 6 Things To Consider. Wow, have I really done that many in the in the past 20 months. It’s been a good time and the times are just beginning. I don’t have any plans to stop. Would I like to have more [...]
The Great Train Wreck of 1856
It was 1856, the railroad was still in its infancy and many of the runs between towns were on single tracks. The St. Michael’s R.C. Church of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday School, with as many as 1500 people, were on their way to a picnic at Fort Washington on that early Thursday summer morning of July [...]
Cambridge, Maryland – An Eastern Shore Town in Change
Cambridge Maryland is the county seat of Dorchester County. Cambridge was laid out as a town in 1684 and is one of the oldest towns in Maryland and on the Delmarva Peninsula. Incorporated by the State of Maryland in 1793. As a port town it was said to have one of the safest ports in [...]
Zebulon Pike’s 1806 Expedition
After The United States under President Thomas Jefferson completed what is known as the Louisiana Purchase, the government found it necessary to explore the region. The most commonly known expedition to explore the vast ‘purchase’ is the Lewis and Clark Expedition. It wasn’t the only one. Perhaps just as important was the Pike’s expedition, which [...]
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