What I find most interesting is when President Truman 1949 signed the bill for Armed Forces Day he praised the work of the military services at home and across the seas, emphasizing its "vital role in national security" and their role in securing the borders of the United States. We are ...
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It Looks Like We Finally Have a Cast for... I didn’t expect “Mighty Mouse” to function as this film’s deus ex machina, but I’ll take it! Here it is. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Movies Who Will Be the Next James Bond?
Hale is known as "The Mother of Thanksgiving", as it was largely due to her 17-year campaign that in 1863 President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday.When construction of the Bunker Hill Monument in Boston stalled, Hale raised $30,000 for its completion.Hale also founded...
Memorial Day is a holiday to remember the servicemen and women who gave their lives for our country. It may be hard to believe, but according to a new survey, most Americans actually didn't know this. An online poll conducted by the University of Phoenix found that only 43% of Americans...
Mostly it’s a vague composite that helps one “see” the words while typing. The woman driving the car on the first page of my novel is a cross between a 40ish Susan Sarandon and a 40ish Frances McDormand. I aim high. The old man lying in the road is of course Tommy Lee Jones...
The U.S., though, in many ways is a special case. Not only does it have more guns than any other nation on the planet, but it also has far more gun deaths than any other developed nation — six times the homicide rate of neighboring Canada, more than seven times as many as Sweden...
There are almost too many subgenres within the world of rock and metal to count, but hair metal is among one of the most widely known. But what is hair metal, exactly? When people are discussing hair metal, they're usually referring to a group of bands that formed in the 1980s, gene...
I always referred to it as a carsicle, but a quick survey of listeners this morning found that everyone seems to have a different word for it. But there's one thing we can all agree on, it is delightfully refreshing to kick that stuff off our fender....
or speculate about celebrities. Community is so important and while meeting in person is obviously wonderful, it is not always possible when people are scattered around the country and the group chat is a fun and supportive place to convene. (Plus you can mute them when they get too unruly!