Born John Chapman (1774 – 1847), Johnny Appleseed was a pioneering American nurseryman best known for planting orchards of apple trees in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Today’s websites include a mix of craft sites for kindergarten and early elementary grades, …[Continue]
Rosa Parks
On December 1, 1955, African-American Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her bus seat to a white passenger. One year later, on December 20, 1956, the U.S. Supreme Court declared segregated bus seating illegal. During that year, the …[Continue]
Paul Revere
Paul Revere (1735 – 1818) was an American patriot best known for riding on a borrowed horse from Boston to Lexington on April 18, 1775 to warn the colonists that British troops were approaching. The next day, when the British …[Continue]
Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor Naval Station on the Hawaiian island of Oahu is the hub of United States Pacific naval power. Most of the Navy’s major commands have headquarters there. Yet even after sixty-five years, its name is still synonymous with …[Continue]
First Thanksgiving
Although the Pilgrims of Plymouth considered it a harvest celebration (not a religious day of thanksgiving), most historians point to their October, 1621 feast as America’s First Thanksgiving. What as their celebration really like? How did the Pilgrims get along …[Continue]
Patriot Day
In December of 2001, Congress passed a joint resolution permitting the President to declare September 11 of each year as Patriot Day, in commemoration of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. It is customary to fly the flag …[Continue]
American Revolution
After Britain’s expensive victory in the French and Indian War of 1754 – 1763, the crown decided to recoup some of the costs of defending the colonies by taxing the colonists. The colonists were outraged at the tax, but unlike …[Continue]
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington (1856 – 1915) was a prominent black leader, educator, presidential adviser, and founder of the Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University.). Although born a slave, after the slaves were freed in 1865, Washington found a way to get …[Continue]
Presidents’ Day
Although the federal government still calls the holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February, Washington’s Birthday, most people (and many states) call it Presidents’ Day. Presidents’ Day began as a holiday honoring George Washington and then both Washington and …[Continue]
Black History Month
In 1915, historian Carter G. Woodson proposed a “Negro History Week” to honor the history and contributions of African Americans. Nine years later, his dream became reality. Woodson chose the second week of February to pay tribute to the birthdays …[Continue]
