Real George Washington: a human hero of the Revolution
John Digkinson Sherman surveys Washington’s life beyond myth, citing letters and anecdotes from Mount Vernon. He portrays a fighter, a dutiful leader, a shrewd businessman, and a man prone to humor and romance, challenging the sainted image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Digkinson Sherman
Borgh Washington
Senate
League of Nations
George Washington
Ings
Tobias Ecu Pative
New Hampshire
Marvard
Lear
Mount Vernon
George
Lincoln bird tagging work tracks 100000 North American birds
Lincoln, a bird specialist with the Department of Agriculture, rates and bands 100000 North American birds to study tabots. Leg bands show date and place of banding. birds travel vast distances before return or recapture and about 20000 have been banded since government took over the American Birds Banding Association.
Simple Russian Toys
The passage describes Russian toys as simple and unostentatious reflecting muzhik culture. Dolls are central, often wooden in rural areas, straw wrist and waist ties in central districts, moss pine cones and birch bark in forests. After dolls, horses, carved women, birds, and men figures appear less often with horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Muzhik
Vectis and Mona Islands in Roman and Welsh history
The article notes Vectis the Roman name for the Isle of Wight in Hampshire England and Mona as the Latin name for Anglesey North Wales. It mentions Anglesey’s separation by Menai Strait and its historic roles as a Druid center, Roman conquest under Suetonius Paulinus in 61 AD and Agricola in 78, later becoming a Welsh stronghold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vectis
Mona Islands
Isle ‘of Wight
Englsh Channel
Hampshire
England
Solent
Spithead
Mena
Anglesea
Angelsey
North Wales
Menal Strait
Suetonius Paulinu
Agricoli
Clock Made of Straw by a Strassburg Shoemaker
Weener a shoemaker of Strassburg Alsace has completed a remarkable clock made entirely of straw blades. The framework hands works pendulum and weights are all fashioned from straw blades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weener
Strassburg
Alsace
Split Infinitive described and debated by grammarians
A split infinitive is defined as an infinitive with an adverb between to and the verb. It has been common among standard authors since the seventeenth century but is not accepted as proper by some grammarians.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Real George
Nashington
Virginia
Richmond
Benjamin Blarkson
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
John
Fort Cumberland
Braddeeck
Aerrorist
Mark Twain
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas
Washington
Jefferson
Martha Washington
Custis
Williamsburg
Mary Cary
Mary
Mary Phillipse
Fairfax County
Robin
William Fauntleroy
Rederick
Betsy
John D. Rockefeller
John D
America
Colt Lander Lin
Soissons Cathedral
Soissons
Reis
Same Lass
Missouri Vin Dyke McCrary
Athinti
Gan
Key
Khonke
McCrary
Atlanti
Pass
Wabsquid
Ella Dickerson
Warren G. Parding
Loren
Amos Tharding
Boxheed
Wll
Chicago
P ‘Poultry
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!