Former Newsboys of Detroit Doing Good
The Old Newsboys Goodfellow Fund of Detroit has existed since 1914 as a way to assure that children not be forgotten at Christmas time. More than a century later, the …
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The Pledge of Allegiance and How It Has Changed
As the Pledge of Allegiance became more widely accepted after its 
introduction in 1892, various groups weighed in on the wording. There have been alterations from the original wording penned by Francis Bellamy (1855-1931):
Remembering September 11
Those of us who were alive on September 11, 2001 will never live long enough to forget that day. Whether we witnessed it on television, from the streets of Manhattan or D.C. or from farther away, there was the horror of watching the extraordinarily bright blue skies turn black from the terrorist attacks on our country.
How could we forget?
Martin Luther King, Jr: Thoughts To Live By
Civil rights leader and Nobel Prize Winner Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and father of four, who believed in social change through peaceful means.
The Woman Behind the Salvation Army Bell Ringers
The Salvation Army bell ringers, introduced in the U.S. by Evangeline Booth in the early 1900s, can still be found on city streets at holiday time. They have transformed themselves …
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Where Were You on September 11?
Is there any American who doesn’t approach September 11th with a feeling of sadness and the thought of, “What will I do? How will I spend the day?”
