Moments in Time – June 21, 2023
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On July 3, 1971, Jim Morrison, lead singer for the rock group The Doors, died in Paris at just 27 years old of what was officially listed as heart failure likely due ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – February 9, 2022
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On Feb. 27, 1860, President Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady. A relatively new art form, the photograph ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – March 3, 2021
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On March 20, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln’s sons, Willie and Tad, are diagnosed with the measles. The boys recovered, but in 1862 Willie contracted typhoid fever ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – February 17, 2021
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On March 5, 1770, a mob of American colonists gathers at the Customs House in Boston and begins taunting the British soldiers guarding the building. The protesters, who ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 28, 2019
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On July 14, 1099, during the First Crusade, Christian knights from Europe capture Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege and begin massacring the city’s Muslim and ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – April 3, 2019
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On April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln dies from an assassin’s bullet. Shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater in Washington the night before, Lincoln ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Nov. 21, 2018
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On Dec. 8, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln offers his conciliatory plan for reunification of the United States with his Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction. It allowed ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Nov. 7, 2018
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On Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of a military cemetery at Gettysburg, Pa., President Abraham Lincoln delivers one of the most memorable speeches in American history. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Oct. 23, 2018
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On Nov. 8, 1847, Bram Stoker, author of the horror novel “Dracula,” is born in Ireland. The concept of vampires didn’t originate with Stoker. John William Polidori’s ... Continue Reading →
A Sporting View – Some presidents were jocks
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Contrary to what the White House press corps may have you believe, the favorite pastime of the president is not dodgeball.
Politics, by nature, is a competition, ... Continue Reading →
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