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or email newsletter. Thanks for visiting!MEMORIAL DAY: WHY WE FIGHT
The world is different than it was even a decade ago as we celebrate Memorial Day. We now are fighting a war, and we now remember why we fight. The History Channel re-runs the [...]
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HISTORY OF MEMORIAL DAY
The city of Boalsburg, Pennsylvania, an American village on the National Historic Register, claims to be the birthplace of Memorial Day, as do some 24 other towns in America. But Boalsburg’s claim goes back to a practice at the end of the Civil War. It does have a local museum, and a [...]
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I’ve written two new movie reviews this week: Star Trek and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The blockbuster movies of the Summer have begun with a bang. Both are expected to draw large crowds and huge ticket revenues.
Can Wolverine beat Spock two falls out of three?
Is the USS Enterprise faster than Wolverine’s motorcycle?
How does Sabretooth compare [...]
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HISTORY OF STAR TREK
I can remember it like it was yesterday, though it was almost 44 years ago now. In the summer of 1966 there was a preview of a coming new Fall TV series with
…a starship the size of a city.
Then, on September 8, 1966 the first episode of Star Trek premiered on [...]
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CINCO DE MAYO
Cinco de Mayo is frequently regarded as the Mexican equivalent of the United States 4th of July. This is incorrect. In actuality, it is the equivalent of the “5th of May” in the Spanish language. Another misconception is that this has something to do with Mayonnaise. That too is a bum [...]
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MAY DAY
May Day is many things to many people. Etymologically, it is a homophone (same sounding word) for the international call for help. It is a corruption of the French imperative “M’aidez” meaning “Help me!” As a holiday it is claimed by many. It is known in the pagan world as Beltane, [...]
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