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 [...]
Top Songs of the Disco Era
Near the end of the Disco Era, Casey Kasem’s America Top 40 did a countdown of the top songs of the Era. This is where this list originated. these are songs that living through the Era, are hard not to know and in some ways remember. But for me I continued to listen to Rock, [...]
The Begining of the Most Covered Trial of 1925
It was the summer of 1925 and in Dayton, Tennessee a trial took place that helped shaped the American culture. The trial lasted 11 days and it was on July 10 of that year that the State of Tennessee began its case against school teacher John Scopes for teaching Darwin’s Theory of Evolution to his [...]
Virginia’s Eastern Shore
The Eastern Shore of Virginia is a 70 miles long strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Chesapeake Bay. It’s a small portion of Virginia with a population of a little over 50 thousand and sits at the southern tip of the Delmarva Peninsula. The land border between Virginia and Maryland starts on [...]
The Dow Jones Industrial Average – Drops to Its lowest Level
On July 8, 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) reached its lowest point during the period that is called the Great depression. On that day it reached 41.22. From 9/3/1929, the beginning of the 1929 crash, until this date it dropped by 89.2%. The full recovery from this wasn’t until 1954. The DJIA was [...]
Independence Day – July 1776
A couple of years ago I put the following together for a blog post dealing with the English, American Colonies and The Declaration of Independence. Once again I am reposting it here. 6 Things To Consider will be taking a short break (the next two days will feature previous posts) and return on Monday July [...]
The State of Delaware
Delaware is named after the Delaware Bay and River, which were named for Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, who lived from 1577 to 1618 and was the second Royal Governor of Virginia. The Delaware Bay and River was first explored by Henry Hudson. At one time Delaware was part of the claim of [...]
The Month of July
In the ancient Roman Calendar Quintilis was the fifth month of the year. It was renamed July for Julius Ceasar who was born in the month. Quintilis is latin for fifth. July and April each year begins on the same day of the week and in a leap year also January. On average the month [...]
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