Dogs Make News
Dogs made the news regularly in times past. Two stories that took place within a couple of years of each other caught my attention: “Dog Falls 800 Feet, Lives” ran […]
War Stories
WWII War Dog: Lucky, The Family Pet
At the start of World War II, the United States military had no canine corps so it fell to civilians, primarily led by poodle breeder Alene Erlanger, to organize a
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Harlem Hellfighter Receives Medal of Honor Posthumously
Henry Johnson (1897?-1929), served valiantly as part of the 369th regiment, known as the Harlem Hellfighters. On June 2, 2015, representatives of his National Guard unit were presented with the
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Why Emancipation Day is Held April 16 in Washington, D.C.
Slaveholding was still a way of life for some residents of Washington, D.C. even after the Civil War began. But in 1862 that changed. On April 16, 1862, President Abraham
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, Anti-Slavery Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) grew up in a family who cared deeply about social issues, including the abolition of slavery. Stowe chose to use the power of words to bring to light the injustice of slavery. She wrote: “…the enslaving of the African race is a clear violation of the great law which commands us to love our neighbor as ourselves.”
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Mary Pickersgill: Maker of the Star-Spangled Banner
Mary Pickersgill (1776-1857) was a well-regarded flagmaker in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1813 she was approached by U.S. military representatives to make an oversized United States flag that would fly over
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