I Wish I Was a Pilgrim…
…because Pilgrim kids didn’t have to take baths! The ‘thanksgiving’ Pilgrims sailed from England in early September of the year 1620. At that time, the culture of Europe did not […]
Sequoyah – Inventor of the Cherokee Alphabet
by Jo Carol Hebert Who Are the Cherokees? They called themselves ‘Ani-yun-wiya’, the Principal People. They are the ‘indigenous’ peoples of the North American Southeast regions. The dark and quiet […]
The Story of Sacajawea
by, Jo Carol Hebert Setting the Stage of History 1620. English ‘Pilgrims’ found Plymouth Bay colony on the Atlantic Coast of America. 1776. The 13th colonies of America are named […]
Napoleon Bonaparte and the Attack of the Bunnies
by, Jo Carol Hebert Napoleon Bonaparte. Born in 1769. Was a General and military genius at the age of 24. Commander of the army of the First French Republic after […]
The Queen is Coming! The Queen is Coming!
by, Jo Carol Hebert Listen to this post as a podcast. Bar the castle doors! Shut the tapestry drapes! Pull up the drawbridge . . . ! Queen Elizabeth the […]
A Brief History of the Bicycle
By, Jo Carol Hebert Which came first? The bicycle or the wheel? 3500 B.C.E. Those ancient Sumerians of present-day Iraq are credited with devising the first ‘vehicle’ wheel. (This is […]
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