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The Amazing Story of the Erie Canal
How The Big Ditch Changed America Forever It’s 351 miles long, running from the Hudson River near Albany on its eastern end to the Niagara River just outside of Buffalo, New York, at its western-most point. Initially just 40 feet wide and a mere 4 feet deep in many...
Exploring Your Roots—Tips for Beginners
Genealogical Research Can Be Overwhelming—Simple Ways to Get Started We all have a great story that’s been passed down through the generations, putting our earliest American ancestor on a boat from Dublin during the Potato Famine, on the Mayflower, or in Runnymede...
The Worldly Travels of the Tomato
How the Love Apple Crossed the Ocean Twice to Become a Staple in the American Diet Singer-songwriter Guy Clark spoke for most of when he penned his iconic ditty “Homegrown Tomatoes”: “Homegrown tomatoes, homegrown tomatoes What would life be without homegrown...
How the Modern Olympic Games Originated
1896 Games a Culmination of Two Centuries of Effort The first “modern” Olympic Games were officially played from April 6 through April 15, 1896, in Athens, Greece, with 280 male athletes from 12 countries vying for medals in 43 events. Those games, though, came about...
The Movies You Don’t Want to Miss This Summer
Beat the Heat with One of These Great Flicks Meteorologists predict another hot summer. Though it’s typically the time you want to be outside, the heat can take its toll on you. There can be nothing more refreshing that chilling in an air-conditioned movie theater,...
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