The first presidential turkey pardon may have occurred in 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln’s son, Tad, begged his father to write a presidential pardon for the live turkey brought to […]
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The Rosenwald Schools were built in the early 20th century as a solution to the scarcity of schools for Black children in the rural South. The school-building program was the idea
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As the Pledge of Allegiance became more widely accepted after its introduction in 1892, various groups weighed in on the wording. There have been alterations from the original wording penned
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Those of us who were alive on September 11, 2001 will never live long enough to forget that day. Whether we witnessed it on television, from the streets of Manhattan or D.C. or from farther away, there was the horror of watching the extraordinarily bright blue skies turn black from the terrorist attacks on our country.
How could we forget?
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The Pledge of Allegiance is very much a part of the fabric of our country. Yet the tradition of the Pledge is actually relatively young. It was first introduced in 1892.
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National Mutt Day, celebrated on July 31, was created by animal advocate, author, and editor Colleen Paige to raise awareness of the 
number of mixed breed dogs in shelters that desperately await new homes. Her website says it well: “In every heart there is a hole…in every shelter there is love to fill it.”
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