Three photos were taken on this day in 1945 at the same location, one of which has become an immediately identifiable icon.  It’s the photo of six Marines hoisting a flag at Iwo Jima. As WWII progressed, American forces set their sights on capturing Iwo Jima, a dormant volcanic island 700 miles southeast of Japan… Read More »

Augustine and Mary were ordinary people, farmers and landowners who worked hard and raised a family long before any of today’s modern conveniences.  The family settled at Ferry Farm on the banks of the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia where they raised eight children, three from Augustine’s first marriage and five from their own.  Augustine’s… Read More »

The state of Vermont is the 6th smallest state in the union with just 9,616 square miles.  To give that some perspective, the city of Anchorage, Alaska is nearly twice as large as the state of Vermont.  And, yet this state is home to some of the most beautiful American landscape available. Vermont is known… Read More »

Edward O’Hare achieved quite an honor on this day in 1942.  He became the first American fighter pilot to be awarded the title Ace.  It happened just minutes after taking off from the Lexington, an aircraft carrier in the Coral Sea. WWII was in action and the United States was involved.  Radar had detected Japanese… Read More »

With my apologies to all the fans of that other team up north, I want to drop a name familiar to all in the Buckeye Nation, a name we wish was still playing for Ohio State – Coleridge Bernard “C. J.” Stroud, IV.  “Stroud was a five-star quarterback at Rancho Cucamonga, California, high school. Stroud,… Read More »

You’ll get a “charge” out of this one.  Today is National Battery Day.  Yes, someone has granted AA, AAA, Cs, Ds, 6-volts, 9-volts, 12-volts, lithium-ion, cadmium, and every other kind of battery their own special day of recognition and celebration.  Try not to get too “juiced” by this news!  It’s shocking, I know.  I’ll stop… Read More »

On this day in 1801, Thomas Jefferson is elected the 3rd President of the United States.  The transition from President Adams to President Jefferson was the first to practice the “peaceful transfer of power” from one political part to the next.  The entire election was fraught with contention, mudslinging, and vicious partisan attacks.  Jefferson was… Read More »

123123 was in a race to beat 070707.  070707 had already beaten 111111.  It is yet to be determined if 123123 won. Most are scratching their heads, trying to figure out what that means.  Let’s see if I can simplify it with a couple of /.  12/31/23 was in a race to beat 07/07/07 which… Read More »

Today’s devotional is kind of an unintentional “Part 2” to yesterdays.  It’s another devotional about love, and it’s about the guy whose name has been attached to the celebration. Valentine.  And we could say that he lost his head for love. Let’s go back to 270 A.D.  Emperor Claudius II rules Rome with an iron… Read More »

Do you remember the Geico commercial with a talking camel walking through an office, saying, “Guess what day it is?”  With glee, the camel proclaimed that it was hump day, the middle of the week.  Switching to Geico would make you happier than a camel on Wednesday.  I love that commercial. So, to borrow a… Read More »