Layaway Plans Are Back
This year retailers are again offering “layaway plans” as a mechanism to stimulate sales.
Layaway Plans Are Back Read More »
Only in the USA
Holiday Shopping Season 1929-Style
Today we awoke to news that a shopper at a California Walmart used pepper spray on other shoppers to gain an advantage on getting into the store for Black Friday shopping bargains. That’s a new one for the books.
Holiday Shopping Season 1929-Style Read More »
Why FDR Tried to Change Date of Thanskgiving
In 1939 and 1940 President Franklin Roosevelt was looking for ways to give the economy a boost so he proclaimed that Thanksgiving should be held on the third Thursday of November, a suggestion he hoped would extend the Christmas shopping season.
Why FDR Tried to Change Date of Thanskgiving Read More »
Thanksgiving: Becoming a National Holiday
The celebration of Thanksgiving has roots in several time periods of the American past. While there are many heartwarming stories about Thanksgiving throughout the country’s history, these are the dates
Thanksgiving: Becoming a National Holiday Read More »
DST Gives an Extra Hour: Spend a Few Minutes Here, Grinning Ear-to-Ear
I was poking through my site thinking, “What would be most fun to read for someone who is relishing a little extra time…”
I would love it if you would spend the full extra hour we gain cruising the site, but I’m realistic, so what I’m going to share with you is one of my favorite posts. It’s about the Apollo Theater, and it’s special because of the video of Cab Calloway and the Nicholas Brothers in “Jumpin’ Jive.”
The video is embedded toward the bottom of the post, and the Nicholas Brothers rise out of the audience for their dance number about 1:30 into the video… I guarantee you will love it. The Apollo Theater and How It Shaped Entertainment.
It only takes a few minutes to watch but you may want to watch again… It’s that good!
DST Gives an Extra Hour: Spend a Few Minutes Here, Grinning Ear-to-Ear Read More »
Exhibit About Alcatraz Currently Open on Ellis Island
The very name, Alcatraz, stirs fear and a twinge of excitement at the thought of the stories of the men incarcerated there. From 1934 to 1963 Alcatraz Island served as the first maximum security federal prison in the United States. It was hoped that the location would make it escape-proof, and therefore, a good place to put the worst-of-the-worst.
Exhibit About Alcatraz Currently Open on Ellis Island Read More »