Fresh on the heels of the Historical Anniversaries Calendar, I present to you the Everything Is History 2011 Presidential Calendar. This calendar is full of historical facts, and over 50 pictures related to the President of the United States, including each president...
As Black History Month draws to a close, I want to share the most popular post on EiH for the month of February: 5 Random Things About 5 Forgotten Black Inventors. Once you're done with that, check out these other fascinating stories from around the Internet. Top 10 Bizarre...
Nickname: Land of Lincoln Date Ratified: December 3, 1818 (21st) Capital: Springfield [caption id="attachment_1994" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Illinois"] [/caption] Nearly 65% of Illinois' population lives in the northeastern corner of the state...
Nickname: The Buckeye State Date Ratified: March 1, 1803 (17th) Capital: Columbus [caption id="attachment_1958" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Ohio"] [/caption] Although Thomas Jefferson signed a Congressional resolution approving Ohio's boundaries...
Nickname: Old Dominion Date Ratified: June 25, 1788 (10th) Capital: Richmond [caption id="attachment_1787" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Virginia"] [/caption] Jamestown, Virginia is home to the first permanent English settlement in the New World...
via whitehouse.gov There has been some form of discussion on universal health care in the U.S. since 1915. FDR wanted to implement it as part of Social Security during the New Deal, but knew Americans weren't ready for it. His successor, Harry Truman tried to implement...
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...
A reader sent me this link of the Presidents morphing into each other. Yes, Obama is included, and ironically it's not the freakiest transformation (I personally think the transition from William Taft to Woodrow Wilson was freaky because Wilson was peering into my soul...
