Tag Archives: American history

Morning View – Soldiers And Sailors Arch

The Soldiers and Sailors Arch in Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza serves as the main gate to Prospect Park, which was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, the same team that created Central Park. The arch, meant to evoke Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, was designed by John H. Duncan, who later created Grant’s Tomb. It was formally unveiled by …

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The Eagle Landed 40 Years Ago Today

My parents struggled valiantly to keep me awake during the live TV coverage of the first moon landing 40 years ago today. I remember my mother peering out of our living room window and marveling that every house on our street had their lights on.

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What Will Idol Do With Adam Lambert?

JMG reader Guy points us to the comments section of an Entertainment Weekly piece that ponders why American Idol hasn’t profiled the personal life of openly gay contestant Adam Lambert. After all, we know know that one contestant used to sing his homework, one has a sister who is also blind, and one was just widowed. It’s an interesting comment …

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Brooklyn Revealed

History buffs will get a kick out of Brooklyn Revealed, a new interactive site launched today by the New York Historical Society. You can click and learn about the six original towns of Brooklyn, which were united 340 years ago by the British to create what would become the most populous borough of the city. Interesting trivia: Brooklyn only voted …

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Animaniacs – The Presidents

From the 90’s and kinda cute, but I don’t know about cartoons that joke about assassinating presidents. “James Garfield someone really hated, cuz he was assassinated!” The clip ends with Bill Clinton. (Tipped by JMG reader Alan)

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President Obama’s Inaugural Speech

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Where Will You Be Inauguration Day?

Washington DC is bracing for an expected four million visitors for Barack Obama’s inauguration. District and federal officials are preparing for as many as 4 million people for the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, a crowd that would be three or four times larger than previous big events on the Mall. Only a fraction of those people will be close …

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