[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...
Nickname: The Empire State Date Ratified: July 26, 1788 (11th) Capital: Albany [caption id="attachment_1990" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of New York"] [/caption] With a population of nearly 8.5 million, New York City is the most populous city in the...
Nickname: Keystone State Date Ratified: December 12, 1787 (2nd) Capital: Harrisburg [caption id="attachment_1966" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Pennsylvania"] [/caption] The Philadelphia Zoo was the first zoo in the United States. The first World...
Nickname: The Evergreen State Date Ratified: November 11, 1889 (42nd) Capital: Olympia [caption id="attachment_1952" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Washington"] [/caption] Washington is named after George Washington, and as such is the only state to...
Nickname: The First State Date Ratified: December 7, 1787 (1st) Capital: Dover [caption id="attachment_1742" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Delaware"] [/caption] Delaware earned its nickname because it was the first state to ratify the Constitution...
On this day in 1775, Patrick Henry famously uttered the phrase, "Give me liberty, or give me death," to delegates to the Virginia Convention, which included Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. The purpose of this famous speech was to convince the delegates to supply...
Similar to Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day was originally a religious holiday. St. Patrick's Day is named for St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. Born in the 4th century A.D., St. Patrick was a Roman-British missionary to Ireland. Not much is known about the work...
My cousin posted a link to this story on Facebook, and I just had to share. It chronicles the final hours of George Washington's life. And oh, what a painful time it must have been. Historic Trauma Cases: George Washington on ADVANCE for Physical Therapists and PT...
Officially called Washington's Birthday, Presidents' Day is a federal holiday in the U.S. observed in honor of, that's right, George Washington's birthday. First observed in 1880, Washington's Birthday was the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, and...
