Tag: history

  • An Almost Disastrous 1979 Event Remembered

    An Almost Disastrous 1979 Event Remembered

    My family moved into our new home in southcentral Pennsylvania one day after a snowstorm in February 1979. Me, my husband Steve and our two sons – three-year-old Matthew and one-year-old Jason – had barely settled in when upheaval temporarily disrupted our lives.  The historic episode that placed my family and community in danger began…

  • The Demise of the Passenger Pigeon

    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…