July 28, 1868.  The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution was adopted following its ratification.  At the time, there were 37 states in the union.  Amendments to the Constitution require three-fourths of the States to ratify the amendment.  It took two years due to the opposition of President Andrew Johnson and Congress. The amendment… Read More »

“You could hear the millions of jaws biting and chewing… Grasshoppers went into the house with them. Their clothes were full of grasshoppers. Some jumped into the hot stove where Mary was starting supper. Ma covered the food till they had chased and smashed every grasshopper. She swept them up and shoveled them into the… Read More »

Take it or leave it.  Sink or swim.  Make or break.  Take no prisoners.  No holds barred.  No pain, no gain.  All of these idioms express a similar idea to what today celebrates according to the National Day calendar.  This is National All Or Nothing Day. You’ve been holding back, afraid to take a chance… Read More »

Today is an odd celebration on the National Day Calendar.  This is National Thread The Needle Day.  How easily can you thread the needle? This phrase has several meanings.  The original meaning has a seamstress sucking an end of thread to a point and carefully eyeballing the eye of a needle.  Possibly, one eye is… Read More »

While war is anything but romantic, it is certainly interesting due to the strategies.  Often, commanders will take their cues directly from the Bible, ordering what would appear to be assaults of Biblical proportions.  Such is the case during events on this day in 1943, three years and 10 months into WWII. Allied Forces, led… Read More »

“If we and our posterity shall be true to the Christian religion, if we and they shall live always in the fear of God and shall respect His Commandments . . . we may have the highest hopes of the future fortunes of our country . . . but if we and our posterity neglect… Read More »

Today’s devotional is going to be a bit different.  This is only part one.  The spiritual application will come tomorrow.  This devotional is simply setting up the story.  If I didn’t split it, the devotional would be too long and I’m afraid you wouldn’t keep reading.  So… this will be a cliff hanger! June 19,… Read More »

If you were to ride Top Thrill 2 at Cedar Point, it’s fastest speed is 120 mph.  Would you notice it?  Travelling in a car on a highway in California, you are going to hit speeds of 80-90 mph just to keep up.  Will you sense the speed?  An F-18 fighter jet can reach speeds… Read More »

“That’s one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”  With those words spoken on this day in 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to step foot on the moon.  Those words were transmitted 240,000 miles from the lunar module, Eagle, to the listening ears of millions of Americans as well as… Read More »

Ptolemy V Epiphanes (205–180 BC) ascended to the throne of Egypt as a five-year-old after the assassination of his mother.  Sosibius, Ptolemy IV’s wicked prime minister, had murdered Ptolemy V’s mother and took on the role as guardian for Ptolemy V.  Sosibius ruled vicariously through Ptolemy V until he retired, and another guardian assumed the… Read More »