A Brief History On June 18, 2023, we celebrate National Turkey Lovers’ Day, and yes, we too love Turkey! Americans are accustomed to having Turkey on Thanksgiving, and often on other holidays when a feast is the order of the day, but Turkey is great any time, whether it is deep fried, roasted, baked, fricasseed, made into lunch meat, breakfast sausage, hot dogs, ground meat or whatever! Digging Deeper A native bird of North America, the Turkey has gone from a wily and tough wild customer dating back 20 million years, to our more familiar domesticated variety that the President…
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A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 17th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 17, 1462, Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad III The Impaler, or simply Dracula, conducted a night raid against his Turkish enemy, Mehmed II who had invaded Vlad’s land of Wallachia (Romania). On June 17, 1932, 17,000 United States military veterans of World War I and 25,000 of their friends and family gathered in Washington, D.C. to demand early payment of their…
A Brief History On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed the law that made “Juneteenth,” the 19th day of June each year, a National Holiday, the first designated as such since Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 1983. Digging Deeper The origin of the “Juneteenth” holiday dates back to June 19, 1865, when Union Army Major General Gordon Granger pronounced that all previously enslaved people in Texas were now emancipated. The proclamation by General Granger was among the last events in the process of the freeing of slaves in the United States, and African Americans have celebrated this date since…
A Brief History Hello, everyone! I am Dr. Zar. On June 15, 2023, I recorded footage from my house of severe weather in Ashland County, Ohio while under a tornado warning. Digging Deeper Aside from one of our flags blowing away and some potted plants blowing over, I and my house are otherwise okay. Although I recorded this footage for the benefit of my community and my subscribers for journalistic purposes, I strongly advise anyone watching this footage to be careful and follow any official emergency recommendations provided during severe weather conditions. Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: Have…
A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on June 16th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On June 16, 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots, named her heir and successor, Phillip II of Spain. On June 16, 1811, the remaining crew of an American armed fur trading ship purposely blew the ship up after it had been overrun by Native Americans near Vancouver Island. On June 16, 1944, 14 year old George Stinney was executed in the electric chair…