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Short Intro to the American Felt Hat
September 15th, 2009
Trends come and trends go, many leaving societal ripples in their wakes. Today was meant to be a day to commemorate the ...
Donuts : A History
September 14th, 2009
In our early Colonial days, Dutch immigrants coming to New Amsterdam (now Manhattan) brought over a special fried cake known as olykoeks, ...
Embracing the Stranger
September 11th, 2009
The day was September 15, 2001, just four days after we held each other in front of our televisions, watching our combined ...
Emerging from the Social Media Chrysalis
September 10th, 2009
“The real friend is he or she who can share all our sorrows and double our joys.” – Barry C. Forbes
Today is ...
The Michtoms and their Teddy Bear
September 9th, 2009
Prior to the introduction of Teddy Bears into American society, bears were symbols of strength and ferocity, perhaps because America was not ...
Pardon Me, Please?
September 8th, 2009
Today is National Pardon Day. The very idea that a public person, after the initial shock and let-down we share at discovering ...
Silent Heroes Among Us
September 4th, 2009
Your parents remember them. Dark shadows, crunching through the snow, hunched over their handlebars in the drizzling rain, or whistling early mornings ...
Skyscrapers and Cloudcutters
September 3rd, 2009
If you live in a big city, you simply walk or drive past them. They are part of your landscape, like Starbucks ...
V-J (Victory over Japan) Day
September 2nd, 2009
Also known as V-P (Victory in the Pacific) Day, this day was officially declared by President Harry S. Truman, in commemoration of ...
Emma M. Nutt : The First Telephone Operator
September 1st, 2009
131 years ago to this day, Emma M. Nutt took the job as the very first female telephone operator in history, for ...