Mary Pickersgill: The Woman Who Sewed the Star-Spangled Banner.Megan SmithJenny WeiSocial studies and the young learner
Who created the flag of Argentina? Who was the seamstress who made several flags for the American Revolution? Who designed the Illinois state flag? Who created the LGBT flag? Who designed the Zimbabwean flag? Who created the flag of Papua New Guinea?
In his 1865 novel Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Caroll created a parody of ‘Twinkle Twinkle’, with that resplendent star swapped out for a bat: Twinkle, twinkle, little bat! How I wonder what you're at! Up above the world you fly, ...
Have You Ever Heard ‘The Star-Spangled Banner’ Sung in Cursive? Photo: Daniel Shirey/MLB Photos via Getty Images Because you’re about to! Ingrid Andress (“4-time Grammy losing singer songwriter,” according to her IG bio) sang the national anthem at the 2024 Home Run Derby on July...
some business. but it was mostly fun. i got to see something that i created. and i was young, people don’t get it. i came into the industry as a baby. i was 17-years-old. by the time we were signing our contract for junior m.a.f.i.a., i was barely turning 18. my mom...
In aninterview with the Detroit Newslast May, Weathers said he considered himself a "lucky guy." "There are so many people that came before me who I admired and whose success I wanted to emulate, and just kind of hit the benchmarks they hit in terms of success, who created a pathway...
James Wales, the person convicted in the killing of 12-year-old Cheri Lindsey on Binghamton's North Side, will remain in prison for at least two more years. The 74-year-old Wales has once again been denied parole. He is serving a sentence of 33 years to life for his his 1984 convict...
A second ideal of great importance in the United States is that of role by the people. The framers of the Constitution of he United States strove to ensure that political power would lie in the hands of the voters, not a king or dictator. So they created a federal government composed of...
After a series of bombings on schools and churches in the South, President Eisenhower decided it was time for further civil rights legislation in America. AnotherCivil Rights Act created theCivil Rights Commission and introduced penalties for attempts to obstruct a citizen from registering to vote or...
Another Civil Rights Act created the Civil Rights Commission and introduced penalties for attempts to obstruct a citizen from registering to vote or from voting. [Pictured: Demonstrators in the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington.] 1961: Peace Corps Act Abbie Rowe/U.S. National Archives // ...