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Today you will see and hear many people use the words “Never Forget” in reference to September 11, 2001. ?It is important to help each other remember that we can not let that phrase become a meaningless hashtag or bumper sticker. We must live them. NEVER FORGET– The 3000…
Hello friends, This is Bob Hammitt, the creator of “The Unfinished Pyramid.” Thank you for your support of my blog, I appreciate those of you that continue to read my stories. I have released a trivia book known as “Timeless Trivia,” which is available on Amazon. It is a collection of 1000 questions on a […]
Read More “Timeless Trivia” Has Been ReleasedThere is no doubt that “Field of Dreams” is one of the best baseball movies, if not movies ever made. One of its great characters was named Archibald “Moonlight” Graham. Most people don’t know that there was a real life “Moonlight” Graham, who the movie character was based on. The real “Moonlight” Graham joined the […]
Read More Moonlight Graham: One Game, Zero At BatsOn this date in 1951, the shortest man ever to play Major League Baseball, Eddie Gaedel, pinch hit for the St. Louis Browns. He was 3’7″ and weighed 65 pounds. Bill Veeck, the owner of the Browns was always trying to pull promotional stunts, and to him this was just another. Gaedel wore the number […]
Read More Eddie Gaedel: Not That Funny Anymore100 years ago today, the 19th amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, finally allowing women the right to vote in the United States. It is puzzling and embarrassing how a country which began on the ideas of liberty, justice, and equality could take 144 years to allow half of its citizens the right […]
Read More 100 Years of Voting For (Not All) American WomenHappy birthday to Ms. Julia Child, born August 15, 1912. Many know her as the first female chef to have a television show, who taught Americans how to make delicious, often French meals for four decades while publishing 18 books. However, there is more to her story. When Pearl Harbor was attacked in 1941, she […]
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Five years ago today, we were shocked by the tragic news that Robin Williams unthinkably took his own life. Americans took this hard, as many felt like they had lost a close friend. Some older people remembered him as the genius who made them laugh clear back to the…
On August 8-9, 1925, they bussed and took trains from all over the country. Nearly 40,000 Klan members descended upon our nation’s capital. On Saturday they marched. They were not met with scorn, rather they were welcomed by the still segregated city. There were signs in store and hotel windows that said “Welcome KKK” They […]
Read More The Klan in Our CapitalFive years ago today, Frances Oldham Kelsey passed away. Don’t know who she was? That is okay, but please read on. She was born in 1914 and grew up in Canada, performing excellently in school and college. She spent part of her high school years as the only female in an all boys school. In […]
Read More Frances Kelsey: The Woman Who Saved American Babies From Thalidomide75 years ago today, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This, along with the dropping of a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki three days later led to the end of deadliest conflict in human history, and ushered the world into the nuclear age. The devastation is beyond comprehension. As many as […]
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