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Welcome to America Comes Alive!, a site I created to share little-known stories of America’s past.
These stories are about Americans—people just like you—who have made a difference and changed the course of history. Look around the site and find what inspires you.
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The Early Days of Football: Far Removed from the Super Bowl
My grandfather was the quarterback for the University of Colorado in 1917. This photo hangs in our home and never ceases to catch the attention of today’s football fans. (He’s third from the right and his name is misspelled.) And yes, indeed. The garb for the game has changed!
So as you tune in to watch the Giants and Patriots play in the 2012 Super Bowl from Indianapolis, I thought you would definitely like to see this photo and might want to read the full blog on it that I wrote two years ago: “Think Today’s Game of Football is Tough?”
P.T. Barnum, New Details
American Snapshots, my November newsletter on “P.T. Barnum, Promoter Extraordinaire”, provided a few snippets of information about P.T. Barnum, and last week I received an email from friend, author and expert, David Carlyon, Ph.D. Carlyon is not only a theatre historian who has written a book about the very successful 19th century performer, Dan Rice (Dan Rice: The Most Famous Man You’ve Never Heard Of), but he spent the early years of his career working as a clown with the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus.
The Indy 500 Turns 100
The auto race known as the Indy 500 will celebrate its 100th anniversary on May 30, 2011.
