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History of Daylight Saving Time – Ending

by Bill Petro on October 26, 2009 · 1 comment

in Science

HISTORY OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME – ENDING
Daylight Saving Time, or DST, is a brilliant campaign to convince people that we’re getting more daylight each day, when in reality we’ve simply changed our clocks and then forgotten about it within two weeks. DST begins each year at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday [...]

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History of Independence Day

by Bill Petro on July 1, 2009 · 2 comments

in US

HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE DAY
Independence Day, or the Fourth of July celebrates the adoption by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, of the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the severance of the allegiance of the American colonies to Great Britain. It is the greatest secular holiday of the United States, observed in all the states, territories [...]

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History of Independence Day

by Bill Petro on July 1, 2008 · 3 comments

in US

HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE DAY

Independence Day, or the Fourth of July celebrates the adoption by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, of the Declaration of Independence, proclaiming the severance of the allegiance of the American colonies to Great Britain. It is the greatest secular holiday of the United States, observed in all the states, territories [...]

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History of Benjamin Franklin

by Bill Petro on January 17, 2006 · 0 comments

in US

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HISTORY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
As we celebrate the 300th birthday of this great American, we know him as a writer, publisher, merchant, scientist, moral philosopher, and inventor. Musically he invented the glass harmonica, but he also invented the Franklin stove, and started the first lending library and fire brigade in Philadelphia.
He did experiments in electricity and [...]

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