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“Design a Bookmark Challenge” for Kids
Designing a new bookmark may send your favorite youngster to Washington, D. C. during the America 250 celebration. The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the Office of the Second Lady of the United States are sponsoring a bookmark designing contest for kids...
The “Penman of the Revolution” and an Empty Chair
It was warm and humid with intermittent showers as delegates to the Second Continental Congress took their seats in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania State House. Thomas Jefferson, who kept a daily record of the weather, had submitted to Congress several...
The Adams – A Marriage for the Ages
When John Adams first met Abigail Smith, he wasn’t impressed. She was only fifteen years old, and he was eight years her senior. Besides, John had an interest in Hannah Quincy, about whom he wrote in his earliest diary, “That face, those eyes.” About...
Anaheim Mayor Aitken on America 250 and the Arts on C-SPAN
Ashleigh Aitkin, Mayor of Anaheim, recently interviewed Mary Ann Carter and Erin Harkey at the winter meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Harkey is the Chief Executive Officer of Americans for the Arts; Carter is Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts...
America 250 “Playbook” for Business and Chambers
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation has produced “America’s 250th Celebration for Business Playbook,” designed to help businesses, chambers of commerce and other organizations celebrate our nation’s 250th birthday. According to the Foundation, businesses are...
Traveling With the Declaration
In mid-August 1814, Secretary of State James Monroe, accompanied by a group of twenty-five cavalry men set out to assess whether British troops might attack the nation’s capital, Washington, D.C. France and Britain were already at war when the United States...
An Old Manchester Suit
During a time when the form of dress signaled wealth, linage and sophistication, gentlemen of status typically wore a three-piece ensemble consisting of a long fitted coat, waistcoat, and knee-breeches, crafted from fine wool, velvet, silk brocades or...
JOIN THE ‘SPIRIT OF AMERICA”
Initiated by Hawaii 250, participate in the “Spirit of America,” when the Declaration of Independence will be read aloud across the United States and its Territories 250 years after its first public reading on July 8, 1776. The designated time in the Pacific Time...
CREATE A TIME CAPSULE
Design and complete a time capsule, reflecting present day Orange County, the United States and your business, community, family and others…. include items about you, your company, your family, your city…. and the issues in our time. Set the opening of the capsule...
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