Please Touch The Artifacts In a previous article we showed how The Smithsonian Institution has launched a 3D scanning and 3D printing initiative. Innovations such as these are making it possible to Touch The Artifacts . 3D technology is changing … Continue reading
Henry the Navigator Henry the Navigator is regarded as the main initiator of what would be known as the Age of Discoveries. Henry attracted to the city of Sagres on Portugal’s southwestern tip the leading navigators, map makers and thinkers … Continue reading
Set of 2 Solar Path Lights With no bothersome wiring to install and no batteries, this sleek retro Set of 2 Solar Path Lights, from The Sharper Image, recharges every sunny day to provide 8 hours of gentle light, and … Continue reading
Maps Suggest Marco Polo May Have “Discovered” America For a guy who claimed to spend 17 years in China as a confidant of Kublai Khan, Marco Polo left a surprisingly skimpy paper trail. No Asian sources mention the footloose Italian. … Continue reading
“I Have a Dream” is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism … Continue reading
Padrão dos Descobrimentos Monument to the Discoveries is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and Orient, … Continue reading
More John Fitzgerald Kennedy Info Here! Vice President Johnson, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, President Eisenhower, Vice President Nixon, President Truman, Reverend Clergy, fellow citizens: We observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom–symbolizing an end … Continue reading
The Gettysburg Address is a speech by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, one of the best-known in American history. It was delivered by Lincoln during the American Civil War, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, at the dedication of … Continue reading
Movie Review The Crucible The Crucible is a film version of Arthur Miller’s classic play about Puritan society, the Salem Witch-craft Trials of 1692, and, metaphorically, the Red Scare during the period 1947 – 1956. Miller wrote the screenplay for … Continue reading
“Give me liberty, or give me death!” is a quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Second Virginia Convention on March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia. He is credited with having … Continue reading
Christopher Columbus Journal Adisposition and the proper method of converting them to our holy faith; and furthermore directed that I should not proceed by land to the East, as is customary, but by a Westerly route, in which direction we … Continue reading
Bach Flower Natural Sleep Aid-20 Container From the Manufacturer: Bach Rescue Sleep – Non-habit forming, fast acting natural sleep aid. Rescue Sleep calms your restless mind providing natural relief of occasional sleeplessness caused by stress and repetitive thoughts. Non-habit forming. … Continue reading
Pierre-Auguste Renoir An innovative artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born on February 25, 1841, in Limoges, France. He started out as an apprentice to a porcelain painter and studied drawing in his free time. After years as a struggling painter, Renoir … Continue reading
Jasmine Jade Tea The magical scent of jasmine just takes over your senses from the moment you set eyes on this tea. This dreamy blend of premium green tea and jasmine flower takes you on a flavor journey that’s sure … Continue reading
Fellow Citizens of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Among the vicissitudes incident to life, no event could have filled me with greater anxieties than that of which the notification was transmitted by your order, and received on the … Continue reading