I hope you’ve enjoyed our virtual visits to the beautiful and historical canal cities of Europe and Scandinavia. If you missed last month’s ...

Today is our fifth visit to a European canal city. This month were visiting Annecy, France. If you’d like to explore Hamburg, Germany in la...

This is our second jaunt into a canal city, and today we’ll be visiting the Netherlands. Last month we visited Birmingham, England .    The ...

  When people think of cities built on canals, Birmingham, England is not the first place that comes to mind. Rather with its 118 islands s...

  Born on June 21, 1832 into slavery, Joseph Hayne Rainey was the first African American to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives. He w...

  During these fractious times, the national election is at the forefront of most people’s minds. But let’s go back seventy-five years, when...

Eighty years ago this month, the United States enacted the Burke-Wadsworth Act, also known as the Selective Training and Service ...

Photo: Free-photos/Pixabay We all know travel can be exhausting. Arriving at the airport hours in advance, slogging through secur...

The Velveteen Rabbit , published nearly one hundred years ago, remains a popular children’s book, receiving many awards as well as ...