December 28th, 1856, Woodrow Wilson was born. Woodrow Wilson was our 28th president, after being president of Princeton University, and Governor of New Jersey. His first wife died while he was president, and he remarried. He believed in segregation, and in his early life did not push womens rights. He started the League of Nations,Continue reading “December 28 “What president is buried at Washington National Cathedral?””
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December 1 “When things go south”
December 1st is Antartica Day, to remember the Antartic Treaty of 1959. The treaty is for the world to keep the Antartic a preserve for peace and scientific studies. I have an interesting book “South With Endurance: Shackleton’s Antartic Expedition 1914-1917” published 2001. It is full of photographs by Frank Hurley, the official photographer ofContinue reading “December 1 “When things go south””
November 19 “Treating the sludge”
November 19th, 1863, Abraham Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address. He was dedicating the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. I have a copy of “Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writings” by The World Publishing Company, published 1946. This was one of my father’s books. Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is perhaps the most memorable speech ever given, andContinue reading “November 19 “Treating the sludge””
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