Profile America: Hawaiian Islands
One-hundred twenty years ago this month, President William McKinley signed the 1898 resolution annexing the Hawaiian Islands, then an independent republic.
History
Profile America: Roads Paved With Good Inventions
The first concrete road in America was completed on this date 126 years ago in Bellefontaine, Ohio.
Profile America: The Real Thing Coca-Cola
Sunday, July 8th. On this date in 1831, a baby was born in Knoxville, Georgia, who would grow up to invent a product that rather symbolizes America all around the world. John Stith Pemberton was a pharmacist addicted to morphine […]
Profile America: 90 Years Since Sliced Bread
Saturday, July 7th. When something is proclaimed the best thing since sliced bread, that praise doesn’t suggest as great a span of time as one might think. Sliced bread, wrapped for sale in wax paper, first appeared on store shelves […]
Profile America: Powers of Ten
Friday, July 6th. The Constitution of the United States, ratified in 1788, made this nation the first in the world to conduct a census of population on a regular basis, based on 10-year intervals. Units of 10 had an earlier […]
Op-Ed: Answering the Call to Create History – Sobering Thoughts on Caribbean American Heritage Month
ANSWERING THE CALL TO CREATE HISTORY Sobering Thoughts on Caribbean American Heritage Month by State Senator Kevin Parker To answer the call to create history is at times challenging. But if there is one lesson history teaches us is that […]
Profile America: First Phone Booth
America’s first public phone booth was installed this month in 1880 in New Haven, Connecticut, just four years after the telephone was invented. These first public telephones were supervised by attendants, while those operated by coins came along nine years […]
Getting up to Speed
Friday, June 29th. On this date in 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill establishing the Interstate Highway System, originally of 41,000 miles. Today, it’s nearly 47,000 miles, the world’s longest single system. The original estimated cost of the interstate […]
Profile America: Decaf Coffee
Saturday, June 23rd. Through the centuries of coffee’s popularity, if someone ordered the beverage, there was no question about what kind. Today, many Americans prefer their coffee decaffeinated. That option dates to early in the last century, thanks to Ludwig […]
Profile America: First Phone Booth
Friday, June 22nd. America’s first public phone booth was installed this month in 1880 in New Haven, Connecticut, just four years after the telephone was invented. These first public telephones were supervised by attendants, while those operated by coins came […]
Profile America: First L.P. Record
Thursday, June 21st. One man’s devotion to classical music led to a major advance in the music recording industry. Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS Labs was fed up with the frequent record disc flips and swaps required to play a […]
Profile America: Thrill Rides
Wednesday, June 20th. With summer and school vacation almost here, children will be urging their parents to take them to the nearest amusement park. Among the most popular features of these parks are ever more thrilling roller coasters, which trace […]
Rendering Honors for Forgotten Soldiers in West Farms Square
Rendering Honors for Forgotten Soldiers in West Farms Square by David Greene Memorial day came and went and little honor or attention was paid to the 40 soldiers buried in the 200 year-old West Farms Soldier Cemetery, at East 180 […]
Profile America: FM Radio Debuts
Monday, March 5th. FM radio is 77 years old. In March 1941, the first commercial FM station went on the air — W47NV in Nashville, Tennessee. FM – standing for frequency modulation – was first proposed in a scientific paper […]
Profile America: Jeannette Rankin
Sunday, March 4th. The first woman to serve in Congress took her seat on this date 101 years ago. Barely a month later, Jeannette Rankin, Republican from Montana, became one of the few congressional representatives to vote against […]
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