The Indianapolis 500 started in 1911. That’s only three years after Henry Ford introduced the Model T (1908). The cars in these races were early, and the sport of racing […]
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Memorial Day, initially known as Decoration Day, began shortly after the Civil War in the way that one might expect a day of remembrance to begin — mourners started placing
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Hazel Bishop’s intention to be a doctor ended with the stock market crash of 1929. Instead, she got a job as a biochemical technician at a hospital. Eventually, her chemical
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“The road to success is always under construction,” aptly quotes Cheryl McKissack Daniel, President and CEO of McKissack & McKissack, a New York construction company involved in many major infrastructure
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“If a place doesn’t exist, it’s hard to tell the story,” says Adrian Scott Fine, director of Advocacy for the Los Angeles Conservancy, as we toured Terminal Island.
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While it is hard to smile about paying taxes, here are a few stories that should amuse:
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