First Store Santa
Where was the first department store Santa in the United States? There are three contenders: Was it Macy’s? Or a store in Philadelphia?Or was it that smaller store in Massachusetts? […]
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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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Who Provides the White House Turkey?
Turkey is the traditional main course eaten by Americans on Thanksgiving Day, and the occupants of the White House have long celebrated this tradition. But unlike mere mortals who buy
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How Jumbo Joined the Circus
Jumbo the elephant was identified as a possible “get” for the Barnum & Bailey circus in 1882 by a circus scout who found the elephant at the London Zoo. After
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Sculptor of Rushmore Gutzon Borglum
Mount Rushmore towers commandingly over the Black Hills of South Dakota, beckoning visitors to come closer to see in detail the four faces of the U.S. presidents carved into the
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Race of Mercy to Nome, Alaska, 1925
The “race of mercy” was a daring and difficult trip to deliver medicine to Nome, Alaska in 1925. Many children in Nome were suffering from diphtheria. Because the town was
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