Category: history
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Fact, Fiction, and Myths of Thanksgiving
In elementary school we colored pictures of Pilgrims and Indians dressed in clothes they wore in the 17th century – or so we assumed. Pilgrims and Indians were friends – we presumed. We gathered around our family table and devoured delicious dishes the Pilgrims and Indians ate 400 years ago – or so we thought. …
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Election time! Vote! Especially women!
I voted! I marked my mail-in ballot for my President of choice and my selection for Senator from New Jersey. Please everybody VOTE in this important election year. Especially women. Our predecessors worked long and hard for the right to vote… The first women’s rights convention in the United States was held in Seneca Falls,…
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The Demise of the Passenger Pigeon
I doubt anyone or anything – newspapers, magazines, TV news shows, or tweets – will commemorate the landmark event of September 1, 1914. No drum roll, no banners, just a sad asterisk in history. On September 1, 1914, Martha, believed to be the world’s last passenger pigeon, died. The passenger pigeon numbered in the billions…