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The History of Christmas Cards
Watch to Learn more about the History of Christmas Cards The first Christmas card originated as a time-saving device, and a few decades after it...
The History of Father's Day
Like Mother’s Day, the first event specifically honoring fathers in the U.S. was held in a church in West Virginia. Held in 1908, the event...
The History of Mother's Day
In the 1850s, Ann Reeves Jarvis organized Mother’s Day work clubs to improve sanitary conditions for families in western Virginia (later West Virginia). Having lost...
First British Royal Visit (1939)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth became the first reigning British monarchs to visit the United States. Their six day visit lasted from June 7th-12th,...
Alcatraz Prison (1934-1963)
Alcatraz Island, known as "the rock" is a small island 1.25 miles west of San Francisco, California. The island has facilities for a lighthouse (oldest operating...
Influenza Pandemic (1918)
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic attacked an estimated 500 million people, more than 20% of the world's population, and killed an estimated 50 million people globally!...
Lincoln's Farewell Address (1861)
Above is the typed version of Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Address to the people of Springfield, IL, as published by the American News Company. Since Lincoln's...
WWII Animals (1941-1945)
Animals have been used to aid military efforts for thousands of years. The U.S. military in WWII enlisted animals to carry supplies, transmit messages, track...
Women Against Women's Right to Vote (1918)
In the decades leading up to the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, as the women's suffrage movement was growing, an anti-suffragist movement also emerged....
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