A Brief History On May 28, 1830, US President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, a law allowing the President to negotiate with tribes still located in the Southern United States to be moved West of the Mississippi River. This act and the actions that followed were tantamount to a genocide of Southeastern Native American people, leading to the infamous “Trail of Tears” migration of the Cherokee people in which as many as half of the 16,000+ relocated Cherokee died enroute to reservations in the West. (Note: The Native Americans so relocated took their African American slaves along with…
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A Brief History On April 29, 2011, the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. The challenge is indeed real when the wedding day is almost near, hence to lessen the stress brides have, some of them allow mothers to choose the best flower girl dresses along with the best accessories such as cute fascinator and jewelries that would suit their daughters well, may the dresses be in different fabrics, for as long as the girls are comfortable and they look good and fabulous. Digging Deeper Lace flower girl dresses are…
A Brief History On May 25, 2019, we celebrate another National Wine Day, and there certainly is a lot to celebrate! There are wines for just about every occasion, and even specialty wines such as Game of Thrones wines to capitalize on the popularity of the iconic cable television series. Even President Trump had his own line of “Trump” wines. Wine for drinking when eating meat, pasta, seafood or whatever, they make a wine to accompany what you are eating. Of course, being an alcoholic beverage, wine is also used for toasting, and Champagne, a bubbly variety of wine you…
A Brief History Monster film fans, here is your chance to be among the first in Cleveland, Ohio to see Godzilla: King of the Monsters on Tuesday, May 28, 2019 at 7:00 PM at Atlas Cinemas Eastgate 10 in Mayfield Heights, Ohio! For your chance to get a pass, please log on to http://wbtickets.com/ and enter code: HHKingofMonster77. The pass is valid for up to two seats. Seating is first-come, first-served and is not guaranteed. Saving seats for other parties is prohibited. Digging Deeper In Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the heroic members of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch face off against…
A Brief History The following are some of the more notable films set in or about outer space. Digging Deeper Film name Year Language Comments 2001: A Space Odyssey 1968 English Classic directed by Stanley Kubrick 2010: The Year We Make Contact 1985 English Sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953 English Comedy/Sci-Fi Ad Astra 2019 English Directed by James Gray The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension 1984 English Cult classic, Comedy/Sci-Fi The Adventures of Pluto Nash 2002 English Comedy/Sci-Fi Aelita 1924 Silent The first Soviet sci-fi film After Earth 2013 English Comedy/Sci-Fi…