When Mary and Abraham Lincoln moved into the White House in 1861, Mary was 42 years old, a time when women her age dressed in somber grays, dull browns, and boring blues. But not Mary Todd Lincoln. For her, expensive clothes were a mark of importance, of breeding. She proceeded to dr...
An outdoor advert declares: Kaunas. My city, wherever I would be. Created by Monika Vilčinskienė there are many similar ads that superimpose famous places of Kaunas on the best-known wonders of the world (in this case, the War Museum and the Church of Christ Ressurection we...
Players can visit the grave by following the waypoint on the map above. It's just south of the railroad tracks north of Saint Denis, west of the Kamassa River, southeast of Fort Brennand, and southwest of the Van Horne mansion. While many Chinese railroad workers were interred in a mass...
Of these emissions, international tourists visiting Norway were responsible for 3 273 kt CO2, whereas travel by Norwegians accounted for 4 875 kt CO2, most of which occur outside Norway’s reporting obligations. Aviation and maritime transport were found to be the largest emission sources, ...
The Lindenhurst Star among them, the day was overcast and miserable, strong winds gusting, when Ruth, Gehrig and hands from the semipro Paterson Silk Sox arrived in Lindenhurst via the Long Island Rail Road and were given a parade down Wellwood Avenue to the field, an open lot known as ...
We sat down with Rick and Iris Lewis, our parents, and the heart and foundation of the Homestead, to learn a little bit more about the story behind our family business. We were interested in hearing the story told from their perspective and to know what
But when she searched for her grandfather, and started the timelines, she learned the unvarnished why Fort Wayne is a crossroads of the northern midwest- and it isn't just the railroads of yesteryear which confirm it. The time lines meet at major intersections there. These are time lines of...
We drove the roads around the tundra, viewing birds, muskoxen, abandoned railroads, hot springs, and roadhouse bars along the Iditarod. In the evening, I went to the Board of Trade Saloon, which was once named one of the most dangerous bars in the world. Its motto is “Headquarters for...
Finally, in later years as the structure became somewhat more sophisticated a small operators shack could be found on one end where a worker would be located to operate the device.Not surprisingly, early turntables were very small, sometimes just six feet in diameter since nothing larger was ...
If your annual premium were $100,000, your SIR would be $10,000. Once established, the SIR will not increase. You may request a change in the SIR amount up until the end of the policy period. Active Shooter / Deadly Weapons Protection Protects against lawsuits and potential out-of-...