Category Archives: History

Growing up the only child of a single mom I sometimes felt cheated. I wondered what other kids knew about their families. The other boys always seem to know so much about their dad’s and had wonderful stories about the exploits of their dads when they were young. I had no stories. You see, I loved… Continue reading →

Well here we are once again on the crest of another July 4th. Each year I take some time to read the speech given at Rochester, NY on July 5, 1852 by Fredrick Douglass.  This year as I searched for a copy of the speech, I came across a performance of (at least a part… Continue reading →

Many people celebrate Cinco de Mayo for the wrong reasons. The holiday is not Mexico’s Independence Day, which is September 16, but rather celebrates the country’s brief victory over French forces in 1862. Cinco de Mayo also relates to the mass immigration to California by people in Mexico and Central and South America during the… Continue reading →