The Groundhog Day tradition officially began in America on February 2, 1887. Since that time, the event has taken place at Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania (84 miles north of […]
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Today on President Barack Obama’s second inauguration is a good time to look back at other presidential inaugurations: Abraham Lincoln’s first inauguration was held on March 4, 1861. There were
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In commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, the Journey Through Hallowed Ground (JTHG) partnership has launched an initiative of national significance called the Living Legacy Project. The plan is to dedicate a tree for each of the more than 620,000 soldiers who died during the American Civil War.
I am often asked whether someone’s vote “really counts because the person lives in a red state [or a blue state]?” The answer is: “Yes! It does.” Americans have both
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Originally everything was back-timed so that the voting would be completed by the time the Electoral College was to meet on the first Wednesday in December; in 1792 it was
Why is election day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November? Read More »
As we look toward the final debate in this 2012 election season, it’s good to be reminded of how brief the history of presidential debates actually is. Because the names Lincoln and Douglas can barely be mentioned without an association with debating, one might assume that the practice of holding presidential debates goes back at least 150 years.
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