Today, July 14 is celebrated with reverential pomp in France, where it is formally known as La Fête Nationale.In the United States, its easier to just call it Bastille Day and use it t0 party between the Fourth of July and… Read More ›
History
Uncle Sam: Not the Man They Say He Is (Part 1)
Uncle Sam is a real man named Samuel Wilson, born from two brothers both named John. He was around before there was even a United States and only later became a sexist who overpowered an idealistic young woman who had always loyally… Read More ›
US Pop Culture in A Globe? The 2020 LA World’s Fair & a Peek at Expo 67’s American Pavilion
It’s been a long time, but the first big American World’s Fair is being planned for Los Angeles in the year 2020. What will one find in the U.S. Pavilion of the Future? A look back at one of the… Read More ›
Super-70s Nixon Bowls to the Partridge Family on Super-8!
One need not have lived the Seventies to love them. It was a hideous period but it had a certain dash. Contrary to popular misconception, the tension which rippled American society and helped define the vibe of the 1970s did… Read More ›
Juneteenth: A Texan African-American Holiday Spreads Freely
It may be famous as a holiday established by the federal government to remember one man and one era, but well over a century before Martin Luther King Day was made official as a time to reflect on the strides… Read More ›
Speculating on Presidential Sexuality & the first Lesbian First Lady
As early as 1802, when journalist James Callendar first published snide suggestions that President Thomas Jefferson was conducting something of a romance and sexual relationship with African-American Sally Hemings, who was enslaved by him, there has been no hesitation by… Read More ›
Frank’s First Ladies: Sinatra & Jackie, Nancy, & Eleanor
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Sweet, Cool Taste of Arkansas Summer: Watermelon Pie
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In Memory of Old-School Memorial Day: Photo Essay
As reported in the previous post, for the first century of Memorial Day, from 1868 to 1971, the holiday was always marked on the originally-designated day of May 30. Today being May 30, there’s a valid opportunity to briefly remember… Read More ›
Memorial Day: Still a War Between the States
It was the expression those in the southern states called the Civil War, but a “War Between the States” still rages on about where the national holiday which resulted from that bloody conflict first started. In fact, just like the… Read More ›
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