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Without certain moments in our national life, we wouldn’t be the nation we’ve become. We reunited our people at Appomattox, and united mankind when we walked on the moon. Not just history; Great American history.
History: Jamestown
What Sir Walter Raleigh and his Roanoke Island colonists failed to accomplish, the Jamestown settlers achieved: the first permanent...
Read MoreTravel: The Ahwahnee Hotel
As you can see by the tags for this entry, the Ahwahnee Hotel earns its way on this list in several ways. It’s a great...
Read MoreHistory: The Tuskegee Airmen
During World War II, the U.S. military forces were completely segregated. African-Americans who desired to serve their country had...
Read MoreHistory: Women's Suffrage
The people of the time were adamant – women couldn’t be given the right to vote. And why couldn’t they? Well, went the...
Read MoreHistory: America Sends a Man into Space
His name was Alan Shepard, and he was the second man – and first American – into space. His flight took place on May 5,...
Read MoreHistory: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
In the twentieth century, Stalin killed some 20 million people, Mao killed even more – at least 50 million. As evil as these men...
Read MoreHistory: The Arizona Memorial
Franklin Roosevelt said these memorable words: “Yesterday, Dec. 7, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy – the United...
Read MoreHistory: Ellis Island
For the twelve million immigrants who came through Ellis Island, and their now 100 million descendants, these 27.5 acres are sacred...
Read MoreHistory: Ground Zero
The World Trade Center towers proved to be an irresistible target to Islamic terrorists. They attacked it first in 1993, hoping to topple...
Read MoreHistory: Appomattox
I’m reminded of the Leonard Cohen lyrics: “Everybody knows the war is over, everybody knows the good guys lost.” Okay,...
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