1900s
Give me your tired, your poor: The history of the Statue of Liberty poem
On the inside of the pedestal of the world-famous New York landmark is the Statue of Liberty poem, written by Emma Lazarus to welcome immigrants and visitors to America.
On the inside of the pedestal of the world-famous New York landmark is the Statue of Liberty poem, written by Emma Lazarus to welcome immigrants and visitors to America.
The Boston Tea Party resulted from at least four important historical factors, and was, in fact, the catalyst for the Revolutionary war for independence.
Give good books a place in your home An old saying runs to the effect that “a man is known by the company he keeps.”
The “be-in” was the grandest of all happenings, attracting at least 13,000 of the hip set and perhaps 2,000 spectators. It happened Saturday at the polo field in Golden Gate Park.
An old-fashioned poem detailing how to make a pumpkin pie! ‘Enough cold water to form a paste. Colder the water, better the taste. – Half teaspoonful cinnamon, big cup of milk. Stir until as smooth as silk.’
It is nearly a year since he has been gone. On so many days — his birthday, an anniversary, watching his children running to the
For John F Kennedy November 26, 1963 Robert Frost, on Inaugural Day, faltered and blinked because the sun was in his eyes. He said his
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