James Connolly was born on this day in 1868. Connolly was an Irish Republican leader who was executed by a British firing squad because of his leadership role in the […]
On this day in 1953 at London’s Westminster Abbey-the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Her Father King George VI had died 16 months earlier. This was the first televised coronation. […]
On this day in 1886 President Grover Cleveland [the only POTUS to serve two non-consecutive terms} married Frances Folsom in the White House. Cleveland would be the only […]
The 150th anniversary of Gettysburg is now one month away. They have big plans for that week in Gettysburg. I have been to Gettysburg more times than I can count […]
On this day in 1916 Louis Brandeis became the first Jew on the United States Supreme Court. He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson. He was a controversial nominee but […]
Happy Birthday to the state of Tennessee- admitted to the United States as the 16th state on this day in 1796-217 years ago. A couple days one of my students […]
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