Travel Articles
Reading Time: 4 minutesHISTORY OF THE IDES OF MARCH Podcast version ccording to the ancient Roman calendar, the ides fell on the 13th of the month except for March, May, July, and October, when it fell on the 15th. Something epochal occurred on the Ides of March in 44 B.C.
Reading Time: 5 minutesHISTORY OF ST. PATRICK Podcast version lthough much of the life of the patron saint and Apostle of Ireland is shrouded in legend, St. Patrick was probably born around AD 389. Stories are told of Patrick’s many contests with Druids, pagans, and polytheists, as well as the well-known but curious story of him driving…
Reading Time: 5 minutesSCIENCE OF THE SPRING Podcast version n Colorado, we have a saying: “We begin the first day of Spring like we began the Fall: with snow.” This symmetry is relevant because the beginnings of Spring and Fall coincide with the Equinox. This word consists of two Latin root words, aequus and nox, meaning…
Reading Time: 3 minutesHistory of Holocaust Remembrance Day oday, April 14, 2026, marks the beginning of Holocaust Remembrance Day in America. It is a part of the eight Holocaust Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (DRVH), established by the U.S. Congress as the nation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust. The U.S. Army remembers the six…