Williamsburg, Virginia founded: 1632. New York City founded: 1624. Both these cities were founded at roughly the same time. Both these cities served as early colonial/state capitals and important events of early American History occurred in both these cites. But something …
The City That Died, and the City That Never Sleeps Read more »
Two Little Known Facts About the Origin of the American National Anthem For a song that is so often performed, the story behind the creation of Star Spangled Banner is only told in its most incomplete form. The incomplete version …
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I work as a tour guide in Washington DC and recently wrote a blog post for my company, Urban Adventures,which was featured on their global page. I wanted to share that blog post with the readers of this blog. -Stephen …
On July 4th we celebrate American Independence. Yet I find it important to remember that July 4th is NOT the day the United States declared independence from Britain. Independence was declared on July 2nd 1776. In fact, John Adams wrote …
July 4th is NOT the day the United States Declared Independence! Read more »
How Many Continents are There? I can’t tell you because I am not sure what a continent is. The word continent is ill defined, for this reason if asked “How many continents are there?” I can answer in three different …
In 2012, on our Hawaiian honeymoon my wife and I had just finished an incredible tour of the volcanos on the Big Island. We arrived at the airport in Hilo and as we were getting our things together I heard …
The Coqui: One’s National Treasure is another’s National Menace Read more »
Washington D.C., for all its terrible traffic, was a planned city. The core of the city was put on a grid. Number streets going North-South, with letter streets going East to West, and just for fun, Diagonal Streets named after …
Latin is a dead language As dead as it can be It killed all the Romans And now it’s killing me All are dead who wrote it All are dead who spoke it All die who learn it Blessed death …
When visiting Paris, visitors want to take in the great sites of the city. Even if they do not know much about the City of Light, they will know, by reputation, a handful of sites: The Eiffel Tower, The Louvre, …
Lately I have been thinking about songs that are played on singular days and for singular occasions. The two that sort of bubbled to the surface in my mind are “The Graduation Song,” more properly known as “Pomp and Circumstance,” …
