Posts with the category “did-you-know”

Marine Private Guy Gabaldon was an 18 year old who became legendary during the Battle of Saipan.  Having grown up with a Japanese-American family in Los Angeles CA, he learned conversational Japanese ...  Read More

On June 23, 1868, Inventor Christopher Lathan Sholes received a patent for one of history’s most influential inventions… The typewriter.   Before the typewriter, most documents were written by hand, m...  Read More

On June 22, 1776, Presbyterian minister and educator John Witherspoon was elected to represent New Jersey in the Continental Congress in Philadelphia.   Only days later, he would take part in one of t...  Read More

On June 20, 1963, the United States and the Soviet Union signed an agreement establishing what became known as the “Moscow – Washington Hotline".   This grew out of the Cuban Missile crisis of 1962, w...  Read More

Susan B. Anthony was born on February 15, 1820, in Adams, Massachusetts.  With a strong and deep Quaker upbringing that taught her principles that were somewhat unusual for that time: 1.    The spirit...  Read More

On June 17, 1775, one of the earliest and most important battles of the American Revolution took place near Boston – The Battle of Bunker Hill.   Although the British ultimately captured the hill, the...  Read More

On June 16, 1903, the Ford Motor Company was officially incorporated by Henry Ford and a small group of investors.   At the time automobiles were considered a luxury that only the wealthy could afford...  Read More

On June 15, 1864, during the height of the Civil War, the United states officially established Arlington National Cemetery on the former estate of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s family.   As the ...  Read More

On June 12, 1987 President Ronald Reagan stood before the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin and delivered one of the most memorable speeches of the Cold War.   The Berlin Wall had bee...  Read More

On June 10, 1775, in the aftermath of Lexington and Concord, John Adams urged the Continental Congress to form a Continental Army to take charge of colonial militia facing the British at Boston.  On J...  Read More

On June 9, 1732, King George II granted a royal charter to James Oglethorpe and a group of trustees, officially creating the Colony of Georgia, the last of the original thirteen colonies.   Oglethorpe...  Read More

In early June 1944, southern England swarmed with Allied troops preparing for one of the greatest events of WWII – A massive invasion of northern France.  The Allies had sent months preparing for D-Da...  Read More

In June of 1927, sports history was made at Worcester Country Club when the United States defeated Great Britain in the very first official Ryder Cup Competition.  The event brought together some of t...  Read More

On June 3, 1880, Alexander Graham Bell successfully sent the world’s first wireless telephone message using a remarkable invention called the “photophone”.  Most people know Bell as the inventor of th...  Read More

Long before there was ever an official title called “First Lady,” Martha Dandrige was born in colonial Virginia on June 2, 1731.  She grew up and married Daniel Parke Custis, and together, they had fo...  Read More

·      On June 1, 1792 Kentucky officially became the 15th state in the Union.  Once considered part of the western frontier, Kentucky was known for rugged wilderness, pioneer settlements, and explore...  Read More

On May 29, 1765 a fiery young attorney and legislator named Patrick Henry stood before Virginia’s House of Burgesses and delivered a speech that shocked the American colonies and helped ignite the spi...  Read More

On May 28, 1984, President Ronald Reagan presided over a solemn ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery honoring an unknown American soldier killed during the Vietnam War.   This unidentified servicem...  Read More

At the time, it was the tallest building in the world, standing an astonishing 1,046 feet high.  Built during America’s Great Skyscraper Race, the Chrysler Building quickly became the symbol of innova...  Read More

Bonus -- Did You Know????                  May 26, 2026 (I couldn’t pass this one up, for sentimental reasons;  My dad and I had a common love for John Wayne movies and his overall, perspective of lif...  Read More

Did You Know????                May 26, 2026At the time it was considered one of the greatest engineering achievements in the world.  Stretching across the entrance to San Francisco Bay, the bridge co...  Read More

On May 25, 1968, Vice President Herbert Humphrey dedicated the nation’s tallest monument, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri.  The arch soars at 630 feet above the Mississippi River and is part of...  Read More