Photo Credit Chocolate; what’s not to like? Chocolate, one of the best-loved foods in the world didn’t start out that way. Chocolate was once viewed only as food for the Gods and Royalty…it was said that if a commoner ingested it he’d be cursed, maybe die from it or terrible events would befall him and […]
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Disappearing Clydesdales
Photo Credit America/Clydesdale Love Affair What’s happening with the disappearing Clydesdales? Let’s take a trip back in the history of the beloved American icon, the Budweiser Clydesdale horses. The American love affair with Budweiser Clydesdale Horses began on April 7,1933. August A. Busch Sr. presented a gift to his father , August A. Busch Jr., […]
Dying To Be Healthy
Dying To Be Healthy In 1910, Earl Edward Erdman, a City of Seattle Civil Engineer had a good life. Still, he had a few aches and pains and became convinced that through the process of fasting, bodily toxins would be removed. Erdman was dying to be healthy, he wanted happiness and a long rewarding life. […]
What Killed Edgar Allan Poe?
The Mystery Begins On the night of October 3, 1849 a man described as “delirious,” and “in great distress…in need of immediate assistance,” was found wandering the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. He was taken to Washington College Hospital, where he died 4 days later. This began an American mystery: What killed Edgar Allan Poe? […]
The Celestial Bed
The Temple of Health, Royal Terrace of the Adelphi In 1781 London, childless couples paid to spend a night together in the Celestial Bed in the Temple of Health, Royal Terrace of the Adelphi. The fee ranged up to 500 pounds, payable to one Dr. John Graham, a physician from Edinburgh, Scotland. He was a […]
The Story of Arlington
The Story of Arlington During the Civil War many southern landowners lost the rights to their home and property, due to a law enacted by the Union Congress that allowed the North to levy taxes on property that fell into their hands. Since the landowners were unable to cross lines to pay their taxes, the land […]
I Am A Veteran
I Am A Veteran I am proud to say I am a veteran, having served in the United States Women’s Army Corps during the Vietnam War era, from 1968 through 1972. I was never in country, but there were those women who DID have duty in Vietnam. The first woman to be assigned to the […]
What Really Killed Napoleon?
Photo Credit Prelude: In 2007, National Geographic published an article stating that Napoleon Bonaparte’s manner of death was solved. But was it really? Here are the facts of the case for you to judge. Who Was This Man? First, a bit of who he was. We all know that he was France’s first Emperor, but […]
The Family I Never Knew
Photo is from my family album William Thomas and Lucinda Brown My Grandparents on my Father’s side This is the story of The Family I Never Knew…my father’s family. This photo was left to me by my sister who passed away in 2010. It shows my paternal grandparents, William Thomas and Lucinda Brown. I […]
Death On A Coin Toss
Photo Credit Why Did It Happen? In the early morning hours of January 16, 1942, only 13 minutes after refueling in Las Vegas, Nevada, a Transcontinental and Western aircraft crashed into the 8,300 feet tall steep side of Mt. Potosi in the state of Nevada. The crash killed 22 people including a famous female movie […]