The Long Way Home On The Pacific Clipper
December 7, 1941 — January 6, 1942 Pan Am was usually the first choice of career for pilots.
Category Archives: History
Lincoln’s Birthday Today-Also Darwin’s
Today is Lincoln’s birthday, and it is also Charles Darwin’s birthday. These two men not only share the same calendar day birthday, they were also born on the same day in history, February 12, 1809. They are both 201 today. … Continue reading
Happy Birthday Elvis
Elvis would be 75 today. For those of us who came of age when he did his voice was simply the most beautiful thing we had ever heard. Listening now to Kentucky Rain you can long nostalgically for the kind … Continue reading
Inscription On Tombstone In Kansas
I wanted to find out if these images are authentic or photoshopped: This Tombstone appears to have an inscription on the right side. And this is the inscription: Is this real or fake? Where is it? Well, I tried to … Continue reading
What Darwin Never Knew
In the year just past the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin was “celebrated.” I put that in scare quotes because as a conservative I’ve taken a lot of heat for my devotion to Darwin the man and … Continue reading
Pearl Harbor Day
“Day of Infamy.” The 69th. [the 71st coming up in 2011] More people were murdered in the World Trade Center on 9/11 than at Pearl Harbor. Sneak attacks are still a real threat. Now ten years after 9/11 ground zero … Continue reading