19th Century People
On March 7, 2010 Mary Josephine Ray died. To her friends and family Mary Ray was a special person. And had it not been for the fact that she was the oldest person living in the United States, she would still be unknown to many of us. When she died she was [...]
The Truths of Washington
George Washington, the leader of the Continental Army and later the first President of the United States, thought of February 22nd as his birthday. He was born on February 11, 1731 under the Julian Calendar. The Julian Calendar was used in England, in which Virginia was a colony in 1731, but the Gregorian [...]
Serendipity
Serendipity is defined as a discovery of something fortunate while looking for something else.
The word was first used by Horace Walpole in a letter dated January 28, 1754 to Horace Mann, an Englishman living at the time in Florence. This is not the Horace Mann who was a American educator.
Walpole had read a Persian [...]
Facts Relating to Coffee
Coffee is one of the most popular drinks in the United States with an average American adult estimated to consumes 26.7 gallons of coffee per year. Even with this it is only 20% of the world’s consumption.
After petroleum, coffee is the second largest commodity in the world. With the exception of Hawaii, no coffee [...]
40 Years Gone
Here we are coming to the close of the first month of 2010 and for some odd reason I just realized that the 1960s are now all 40 years gone. To some the 1960s was a golden age, to others it’s little more than history. To me it was my childhood.
But it was [...]
Presidential – Did You Know?
When James Monroe was confirmed as President by the Electoral College he received all of the Electoral votes except for one. A New Hampshire delegate would not give his vote to Monroe in honor of George Washington. Washington is the only President elected unanimously by the Electoral College.
Martin Van Buren was born on [...]
Did You Know? – Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin, who was born on January 17, 1706 [O.S. January 6, 1705], once wrote, “If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.” He accomplished both.
Franklin is best remembered as being from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. He [...]
Happy New Year
As 2009 comes to a close I wanted to take this chance to wish everyone a Happy New Year.
What are you calling it?
I have heard both Two Thousand Ten and Twenty Ten. I imagine that this will be the year that many begin to move away from Two Thousand and … , towards Twenty [...]
Millard Kaufman
Two days after his 92nd birthday, Millard Kaufman died. Kaufman was a screen writer beginning in the late 1940s and into 1970s. He was the co-creator of Mr. Magoo.
Born March 12, 1917, in Baltimore, Kaufman spent two years as a merchant seaman after high school. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English from [...]
Merry Christmas
We will be taking the next few days off to enjoy the holiday with friends and family, but before we do we are:
Wishing Everyone a
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