Grace Hopper, a Pioneer of Computer Technology
Grace Hopper was born December 9, 1906 in New York, New York, and died January 1, 1992 at Arlington,...
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Pearl Harbor-December 7, 1941
The Days Prior to the Attack Negotiations to come to an understanding between the United States and Japan took place...
The Confederate Navy
Featured This Week: The Confederate Navy “The Confederate Navy” thrusts you headlong into the war’s naval confrontations. It’s a gripping...
What’s New? Not Much
You know, people are always talking about how the Republicans and Democrats are going at each other. Well, guess...
Did You Know? | Charles Babbage
Did You Know? Did you know that the Englishman, Charles Babbage (1791-1871), is considered the “father of the computer” and...
Why Does Each State Have Two Senators?
That is a question asked by many today. To answer that question, we must go back to the beginning. The...
Constitution Crash Course
Why a Constitution Crash Course? Anyone who knows me, knows of my great admiration for our founding fathers and the...
Wiley Post: Aviator Extraordinaire
Wiley Post, in only 36 years of life and with only one eye, accomplished more in the field of...
President’s Day
In 1879, the United States made George Washington’s Birthday a federal holiday. Over the years, people started fiddling around with it. Now, it is all very confusing. Which President are we celebrating? Or is it all of them? Or is it some of them? The official name of this federal holiday is “Washington’s Birthday”. Not “President’s Day”. The states can decide what they’d like to call this federal holiday. Virginia, Illinois, Iowa and New York call it “Washington’s Birthday”. Virginia celebrates Washington the entire month of February. And some states don’t observe it as a holiday at all.
Town of Cary, North Carolina
I moved to Cary, North Carolina in 1968, 53 years ago. The changes are startling. The photographs are the front...