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 October1, 1958, consisting [...]
Watkins Glen Summer Jam
It was thirty-five years ago at the Watkins Glen Raceway in New York that the concert Summer Jam at Watkins Glen took place on July 28, 1973. It was attended by many who hadn’t attended the Woodstock concert and they weren’t going to miss this one.
Even though there were only 150,000 tickets sold for the [...]
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 [...]
Strange Facts – Automobiles
David Buick, who started Buick Motors was originally a plumber. He invented a process where porcelain could be annealed onto iron, which made possible the production of the white porcelain bathtub.
The first automobile race ever seen in the United States was held in Chicago in 1895. The track ran from Chicago to Evanston. The [...]
The Rank of General in the United States
The military rank of 5 Stars was not known until World War II. It has only been given to 9 men. Four of these were Army Generals George C. Marshall, Douglas MacArthur, Dwight David Eisenhower and Omar Bradley. Four were given to Naval Fleet Admirals William D. Leahy, Ernest J. king, Chester [...]
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 on a [...]
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 [...]
The Lost Roanoke Colony
Jamestown, Virginia, which was established in 1607, was not the first English colony in America, but was the first successful one. In the later part of the 16th century, twice colonies were started in what is now Northern North Carolina.
Sir Walter Raleigh had received a charter to colonize North America with 10 years to [...]
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