Articles by: The Bronx Chronicle
Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’s New Muslim Ban Executive Order
Chairman Crowley Statement on President Trump’s New Muslim Ban Executive Order (Queens, NY) – House Democratic Caucus Chairman Joe Crowley released the following statement after President Trump signed another travel ban designed to unilaterally restrict travelers and refugees from select […]
Red Monkey Theater Group Presents “Much Ado About Nothing” at Huntington Free Library – March12th
“If they were but a week married, they would talk themselves mad.” This month, our tour with Shakespeare’s MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING continues, and we’d like to highlight a couple of performances in particular that will support great causes: Sun, […]
Profile Registration: Josephine Cochrane, Inventive Society Lady
Wednesday, March 8 — The inventor of the first practical automatic dishwasher was born on this date in 1839 and was perhaps an unlikely candidate for the distinction. Josephine Cochrane was a socialite, and devised the dishwasher out of some annoyance […]
Whose Birthday Is It? March 5, 2017
Luther Burbank (1849) The 13th child of a Massachusetts farmer, Burbank received little formal education, yet he went on to become a groundbreaking horticulturist. Influenced by Charles Darwin’s writings, he began breeding plants at age 21. The rapid success of […]
Quote of the Day: March 7, 2017
It was the policy of the good old gentleman to make his children feel that home was the happiest place in the world; and I value this delicious home-feeling as one of the choicest gifts a parent can bestow. Washington […]
Word of the Day: March 7, 2017
Musette Definition: (noun) A small French bagpipe operated with a bellows and having a soft sound. Synonyms: Shepherd’s Pipe Usage: The young man was adept at the musette and would play it during celebrations.
NYC CELEBRATES THE FIRST OFFICIAL OBSERVANCE OF THREE-FIFTH CLAUSE AWARENESS DAY
NYC CELEBRATES THE FIRST OFFICIAL OBSERVANCE OF THREE-FIFTH CLAUSE AWARENESS DAY The City of New York observed for the first time “Three-Fifth Clause Awareness Day on Sunday, March 5th” with a special program that took place at The Schomburg Center […]
Panel of legal experts will field immigration questions from concerned Muslim community members
SENATOR KLEIN HOLDS KNOW YOUR RIGHTS FORUM FOR IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES Panel of legal experts will field immigration questions from concerned Muslim community members Bronx, NY — Senator Jeff Klein (D-Bronx/Westchester), Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj (D-Bronx) and Councilman Ritchie Torres (D-Bronx), joined […]
American Revolution & The Bronx: Friends of Pelham Bay Park Gun Hill Tavern lecture
Please come out Thursday March 9th at 6pm and support our Friends pf Pelham Bay Park. The setting is perfect – A Bronx warehouse transformed into a restaurant/brewery/distillery -Sounds Revolutionary to me ! The Gun Hill Tavern is at 780 […]
Profile America: Voter Registration
Tuesday, March 7 — The right to vote began to receive some supervision more than two centuries ago, when Massachusetts acted on this date in 1801 to register voters. At that time, the franchise was limited to men — usually those […]
Whose Birthday Is It? March 6, 2017
Louis Francis “Lou” Costello (1906) Costello was an American comedian who, along with Bud Abbott, formed the comedic duo of Abbott and Costello. From 1931 to 1957, Costello played a bumbling, cheery dimwit alongside Abbott’s “straight man” in various stage, […]
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