In honor of Black History Month and Presidents Day, here are 6 accomplishments that Barack Obama was the first to achieve. Barack Obama is the first president born in Hawaii. Obama was the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. When Obama turned...
[caption id="attachment_2719" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Engraving Depicting the Boston Tea Party"] [/caption] The Boston Tea Party was one of the precipitating events of the American Revolution. It occurred on December 16, 1773 as a protest against the...
[caption id="attachment_2063" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division of the Library of Congress"] [/caption] On this day, September 17, 1796, George Washington's Farewell Address was read to Congress for the first...
“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” -Ben Franklin The above quote is one that my grandmother repeated almost daily during my formative years, although I didn't fully understand what it meant until I reached adulthood. I'd probably never fully understand...
Nickname: The Volunteer State Date Ratified: June 1, 1796 (16th) Capital: Nashville [caption id="attachment_1838" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Tennessee"] [/caption] Tennessee earned its nickname during the War of 1812 when volunteers from the state...
Nickname: The Granite State Date Ratified: June 21, 1788 (9th) Capital: Concord [caption id="attachment_1692" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of New Hampshire"] [/caption] New Hampshire became the first post-colonial sovereign nation in the Americas when...
via blog.historians.org If you like podcasts, American History, and free stuff, head on over to the website for the Gilder Lehrman Institute. The list is immense, and you can find podcasts on just about anything. Get to listening and you might be as awesome as me someday...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="156" caption="Image by jamesdale10 via Flickr"] [/caption] With all the excitement surrounding the NCAA Tournament, I forgot to mention a more somber ocassion. On this day in 2003, the U.S. led invasion of Iraq began. Six...
James Early Ray was born on March 10, 1928 to a poor family in Alton, Illinois. Ray dropped out of school at the age of 15, and would later serve in the army during World War II, although he wasn't sent to Europe until the months after war ended. While in Germany, Ray...
