You Say It’s Your Birthday
One of the songs on the album The Beatles, also known as the White Album, is Birthday. The opening line is “They say it’s your birthday, Well it’s my birthday too, yeah!”. This song rings true for me today, since August 30th is my birthday. If yours is as well, then we share a birthday. [...]
The First United States Census – 1790
The first United States Census began on Monday, August 2,1790 using that date as the ‘as of’ of the census. President George Washington had taken office the year before and the country wished to have a count of its population. The Congress assigned responsibility for the 1790 census to the marshals of the U.S. judicial [...]
The Month of August
August is the 8th month of the Gregorian Calendar. The month was named after the Roman Emperor Augustus in the year 8 BC. Many of the events in his rise to power occurred in this month. At the time the Month was named August it was practice for the months to alternate with 30 and [...]
The Best Days of Summer
Summer is as much a state of mind as it is a season. The calendar may say that summer lasts from mid-June to mid-September, but to many it’s much longer. Memorial Day weekend is thought to be the unofficial first day of summer and many people look forward to this weekend. When I was a [...]
4-H
The website for 4-H 4husa.org says, “4-H is a community if young people across america who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills.” It is adminstered by the Cooperative extension System of the United States Department of Agriculture. The 4-H’s are Head, Heart, Hands and Health. The organization serves over 9 million members in the [...]
Vacation
6 Things To Consider will be on vacation for the Independence Day Weekend and will return on Tuesday July 6, 2010. Have a great 4th of July!!
Do Not Call
It was on June 27, 2003 that the Federal Trade Commission began allowing consumers the chance to register their telephone number on the “Do Not Call List”. Even though at the time when the list began, the numbers placed on the list would be taken off of the list after five years requiring reentry, Do-Not-Call [...]
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 [...]
State of California
On September 9, 1850 California became the 31st state of the United States of America. It was admitted as a Free State. The name California is believed to derived from a paradise ruled by Queen Califia. The Myth of Califia was first recorded in 1510. It it thought that this myth helped to fuel the [...]
The Flag of the United States
It was on June 14, 1777 that The Continental Congress passed The Flag Resolution. It reads; “Resolved, That the flag of the United States be made of thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a [...]
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