Phillis Wheatley was born in Gambia (in Africa) on May 8, 1753 and died in Boston on December 5, 1784.When she was 7 or 8, she was sold as a slave to John and Susanna Wheatley of Boston. She was named after the ship that brought her to America, The Phillis. The Poetry Foundation describes […]
The holiday of Thanksgiving was born from the Puritan settlement of Plymouth, on the coast of present-day Massachusetts.Puritan separatists, desperate for religious freedom, left England in 1607 for the Netherlands under increasing pressure from the crown to conform. Although they were allowed religious freedom yet they were not granted citizenship in the Netherlands, and hence,
The San Diego Chargers were established in 1960 as one of the founding members of the American Football League before it merged with the NFL in 1970. The team plays in the American Football Conference (AFC) West Division and is the only team in Southern California (there is no team currently in Los Angeles).The San
The San Francisco 49ers is a professional football team that plays in the National Football Conference (NFC) West Division. The team was a founding member of the All America Football Conference (AAFC). It joined the NFL in 1950 when the leagues merged and was one of the most successful football teams of the 1980s.The San
The Seattle Seahawks are based in Seattle, Washington, and play in the National Football Conference (NFC) Western Division. Their history begins in 1972 but they were established in 1976. It was that season they joined the NFL as an expansion team along with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 1972, a group of businessmen and local
By 1780, the Revolutionary War was raging in both the North and the South, and French forces had fully committed in the American effort to defeat the British. A major objective of the French-American forces was to liberate New York City, which had been occupied by the British. Initially, George Washington had wanted the combined
Tim Berners-Lee was born in London on June 8, 1955. His parents were mathematicians who worked on the Mark I computer. They encouraged Tim’s interest in maths and electronics. He majored in physics at Queen’s College, Oxford. While he was there, he built his own computer out of spare parts. He was also caught hacking
Thomas Paine was born in England in 1737. He was the son of uneducated English farmers. In his early years, he served as an apprentice in his father’s corset making business, but eventually served as a merchant seaman before starting his own corset business. In 1759, Paine married Mary Lambert, who would soon die during
A tornado is born from a powerful storm called a supercell. Tornadoes have been reported in all states, but most tornadoes happen in the central parts of America called “Tornado Alley”. In some supercells, warm, moist air rises quickly into the atmosphere. Winds blowing at different speeds at different parts of the supercell produce wind
The Washington Redskins are members of the East Division of the National Football Conference (NFC) in the National Football League (NFL). They have played at FedEx Stadium in Landover, MD since 1997. The team colours are burgundy, gold and white.George Preston Marshall was the original owner of the team. In 1932, he purchased a Duluth,
During the 1700s and 1800s, major fighting during wars generally ceased for winters and armies took up winter encampments. As winter descended upon Pennsylvania in 1777, General George Washington chose Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, some eighteen miles west of Philadelphia as site of the winter encampment of the Continental Army. The area was far enough away
The magnificent Redwood trees are some of the largest trees in the world! They are found mostly in northern California where cool temperatures, misty rains, and dense fog allow them to grow.Redwood Trees can live thousands of years. The oldest of these trees can grow to over 300 feet tall. Some rise higher than the
The cardinal is a beautiful bird found in North America. It is an active, medium-sized bird that is often found in backyards, parks, and even cities. The male is bright red with a black mask and small crest. The female is light brown with red feathers on her crest and wings. Both the male and
A sand dollar is a type of sea urchin. Many are flat, but others, that are more rounded, are called sea biscuits. Sand Dollars are related to starfish and sea cucumbers. Sand dollars are often found together on the ocean floor or seabed. They eat small sea creatures, algae, and remains of animals that reach
Starfish, sometimes called sea stars, are found in all of the world’s oceans, even in the icy Arctic Ocean. They are a kind of ocean invertebrate, which means they lack backbones. All starfish have at least five arms, but some have more. Many kinds of starfish can re-grow arms that are bitten off by predators.