The rule observed in this country is, that the man who receives that name [Yankee] must come from some part north of him who gives it. To compensate us for giving each other nicknames, John Bull "lumps us all together," and calls us all Yankees. ["Who is a Yankee?" Massachusetts Sp...
Cabinet ofHoudiniowned Material Bessie’s Hat,Houdini’sLapel Pin Cuff Links, and numerous signed photos. Along with Rankin Leg Irons, a Collar, Stotz Handcuffs, Irish Eights, Adam’s Handcuffs, and Marlin Daily Handcuffs Cabinet of Hardeen Material Hardeen Milk Can Milk Can Poster Despite bein...
”“God Bless The USA,”“America the Beautiful” (although you might not have heard them this year because of some people whining that hearing God’s name or praise for America “triggers” them.) But before them all, even before “The Star-Spangled...
Imagine a scene where a soldier, donning a hat adorned with a feather (referred to as macaroni), rides into town on a pony, defying convention with his playful style. This carefree character, Yankee Doodle, was more than just a figure; he embodied the fun-loving nature of tho...
A Pair of shoes, a hat, or an automobile we should not call “New” if they were a year old, but there is a corner of our country which is 300 years old and yet we call it “New.” About 300 years ago people from England, across the ocean, came to the northeast corner of ...
and the 1937 indigo denim work outfit was issued to those requiring it. Usually a jacket and trousers with floppy “clam-digger’s” hat, the only thing military about it was the uniform belt. (A few commanders insisted upon the wool shirt being worn with it…sometimes even with necktie!
I stamped a hat crown and began working it. Its going to be pretty. April 9. When I got up this morning the ground was covered with snow. It has been snowing hard all afternoon. But the snow melts as soon as it falls. I finished my hat crown today I was at home all evening. ...
If I ventured to cautiously hint that there was not another respectable family in England that would humble itself to hold out the hat -- however, that is as far as I ever got; he always cut me short there, and peremptorily, too. But I believed I saw my chance at last. I would ...
They wore their plumed hats, right along, except that whenever one addressed himself directly to the king, he lifted his hat a trifle just as he was beginning his remark. Mainly they were drinking -- from entire ox horns; but a few were still munching36 bread or gnawing38 beef bones....
and one could not irritate him in any way so quickly and so surely as by an attack upon that venerable institution. If I ventured to cautiously hint that there was not another respectable family in England that would humble itself to hold out the hat -- however, that is as far as I ...