The 1940 Census is On Line.
No. 828 If you go to the Carnegie Library, you can look up information from every US Census report since 1800 through 1930. However, as of this week, you can view the 1940 Census report on line. This information was just made public. But you must search by address, not name. Here is the link. [...]
Stirling Cooper Draper Pryce becomes an Equal Opportunity Employer.
No. 821 In case you’ve been in Brazil, or in a coma, you know that Madmen is back. The two-hour premiere of Season 5 had stirling ratings. And the times in 1964, they were a-changing. At the beginning of the episode, a civil rights march is in progress on the sidewalk in front of the [...]
Centinarians
No. 820 I just read a Tweet that stated in 100 years there will be 500 Million dead people on Facebook. Pretty depressing. Today, all of the survivors of the sinking of the Titanic, 100 years ago, are presumed to be dead. But not everyone who remembers that day in April, 1912 is gone. A [...]
I Don’t Believe You.
To all the people who recently stated that, if they had been in the shoes of the Penn State Five, they would have called the police, I don’t believe you.
So Many Heroes.
On top of all of the tragedies experienced by victims and their families, was the truth that so many people with the strength to do great service to our Country and the World perished that day with unfulfilled missions. And so, it is to us, the living, that the completion of their destiny must fall.
Remembering the Heroes of Shanksville.
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No. 700: We Haven’t Forgotten.
No. 700 The Martin Luther King Memorial was to be dedicated this past Sunday, the 48th Anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech. The hurricane forced a postponement of the dedication ceremony . The new date has not yet been announced. It will not be Sunday, September 11, 2011. This Sunday will see the dedication [...]
USA AAA.
The President declared today that the United States always was and stills is AAA. As a Nation under siege, every one of us should strongly and vocally stand behind that proposition. Our leaders should stop bickering and stand as one, and loudly proclaim: “USA AAA!”
Mike Doyle and the Terrorist Tea Party.
No. 669 Mike Doyle is a Democratic Congressman who represents parts of the City of Pittsburgh and much of the eastern end of Allegheny County. Most of the time he is so quiet you don’t even know he’s there. However he made the big time today.The place was a Democratic caucus called to consider [...]
A Time to Step Forward.
The country was confronted with the first great constitutional crisis in its short history. The presidential election of 1800 had been thrown into the House of Representatives. The Constitution provided that if no candidate achieved a majority in the Electoral College, the election would be decided by the House of Representatives. But after numerous votes, the House proved to be deadlocked.
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