Happy Birthday to Edgar Allan Poe, born January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts to actor parents.[1] I just read The Tell-Tale Heart to...

I am a day late, as Flag Day was yesterday, June 14, but I wanted to share some information about the American Flag. The first official...

Labor Day became a national holiday when Congress passed the act on June 28, 1894, marking it for the first Monday of September annually....

Painter Jennie Brownscombe’s “First Thanksgiving”

We celebrate Indigenous People's today, as they should be celebrated everyday. #indigenous #indigenouspeoplesday #honor

In 1817, Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc founded the Hartford Asylum for the Education and Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb.[1] It...

Happy Flag Day

Pictures from one of my favorite local cemeteries, in Milford, Pennsylvania. The cemetery is located on the Grey Towers estate which...

On this day in 1933, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave his first radio address to the nation, which were later termed fireside...

International Women's Day (IWD), a worldwide holiday, annually celebrated March 8, has its earliest origins reaching back to February 28,...

How can I not write a post about the new feature created by My Heritage, where they animate your photographs. Here is an example using...

Today I would like to discuss writer, Phillis Wheatley. Hopefully, many of you will already know who this woman is. "Phillis Wheatley /...