A Brief History On April 7, 1940, Booker T. Washington became the first African American depicted on a United States Postage stamp. A community leader among African Americans and an educator/advocate for equal rights, Washington was one of the last African American leaders to have been born as a slave. Digging Deeper Born in 1856 in Virginia, Booker Taliaferro Washington (in case you wondered about the T) his mother moved Booker and her family to West Virginia after the Civil War to reunite with her husband (Booker’s father), Washington Ferguson. Booker was a smart lad and an able student, later…
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A Brief History On April 6, 2018, we eagerly await the 2018 version of the premier event in professional Football/Soccer, The World Cup! This year the event will be conducted in Europe (Russia) from June 14, 2018 to July 15, 2018. All matches will take place in stadiums located in European Russia (except 1) in order to facilitate travel between venues. Who will win? Digging Deeper Last time around in 2014 the German National Team was victorious, their 4th World Cup victory (the others being 1954, 1974 and 1990), posting a record performance of an Elo rating of 2205 points.…
A Brief History On April 6, 2017, U.S. President Donald Trump had a busy schedule, participating in a Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride event in the East Room, receiving his daily intelligence briefing in the Oval Office, leaving the White House en route to Mar-a-Lago, arriving in West Palm Beach, Florida, and having dinner at Mar-a-Lago with China’s President Xi Jinping and Madame Peng Liyuan. Today, a year later, we list some of Donald Trump’s Greatest Accomplishments. (Please note: This article was written long before either of the 2 impeachments of Donald Trump, and long before the January 6, 2021…
A Brief History On April 5, 2018, we have only one more day to wait for the release of the new horror film, A Quiet Place, written, directed, and starring John Krasinski. A movie with a minimum of dialog, A Quiet Place adeptly manages to convey all the communication it needs, creating terrific tension and jump-scare terror along the way. Once again, our measure of audience approval was in evidence as the test audience applauded heartily at the end. Digging Deeper Krasinski not only co-wrote the script, directed and starred in the movie, but also included his real life wife…
A Brief History On April 4, 1883, Peter Cooper died at the age of 92 in New York City, the same city he was born in. His legacy still affects us today, although many of our readers may not even be familiar with him. A businessman, inventor, philanthropist, and politician, Cooper left a positive influence on the United States of America that deserves remembering. Digging Deeper Born in New York, he was of English, Dutch and French ancestry, and was adopted as a baby. His father was a hat maker, and Peter continued in the trades, working in cabinetry, hat…
