In 1817, there was a printing of a translated version of one of Benjamin Franklin’s final letters written in French to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy, penned in 1789. After making small talk and asking him about Paris, Franklin proceeded to elaborate on the current events happening in the United States. The Constitution had been ratified the […]
How many of us have been guilty of shaking our heads and saying, “Tsk, tsk” at something we see or hear? This is an indication that we personally disagree with it, find it odd, think it inappropriate, uncultured or feel it shows lack of education. As humans, we all have our own likes and dislikes,
It is a fact in this day and age, that social media gets us all wrapped up from time to time and takes us down rabbit holes, to where we cannot even remember what we started looking at to begin with. I saw a short diddly on social media not too long ago that was
True to Solomon’s words found in Ecclesiastes 1:9 which says, “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.;” things are constantly making a comeback. This can be seen in fashion, customs, cultures,
Following Micheal Kelly’s invention of wired fencing, Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio was the one who first received a patent for his invention of barbed wire, a zinc coated steel wire fencing, in 1867, then known as ‘thorny wire’. It was not until Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois produced a machine to manufacture
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All the components that are used in the modern computer today, were invented in 1833 by Charles Baggage, about one hundred and twenty years before the first ‘modern’ computer ever existed. He produced the concepts for mechanical and analytical engines. However, the computer has evolved and has multiple inventors to thank for various parts of
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Everything in life, including life itself, requires maintenance. Things break down, and need repairing, sometimes small adjustments are sufficient, and at other times, total overhauls are needed, but deterioration, decay, depreciation, and maintenance are inevitable. My husband and I have a ‘go to’ statement when we discover something in our home, yard, barn, or something
We have been exposed to so many great musicians and singers in our lifetime and heard the best of the best, that when someone strikes us as subpar, we will poke fun at them. We do not mean to be hateful or hurt anyone, we just feel like our opinion and expertise on the subject
Growing up in South Africa, my folks tried to keep things as American in culture as possible. The culture there was so vastly different from our own, not bad, but different, that they wanted to preserve our heritage as much as they could. Not only was the culture different, but there were also many cultures
The third president of the United States of America, Thomas Jefferson, served from 1801 to 1809. At the early age of thirty-three, he was a principal drafter of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, becoming a key leader in the American Revolution. He secured the Louisiana Purchase and chartered the University of Virginia, serving as
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