by Nikki Rhoades The era following the Civil War was one of dramatic change here in 1800s Cleveland. The entire nation, in fact, was changing. It was the Reconstruction Era, and civil rights were at the forefront of American politics. Northeast Ohio enjoyed a much less tumultuous decade or so than the formerly Confederate communities,Continue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: Post-Civil War-Era Ghosts Are Said To Still Haunt The Site Of Ashtabula’s Tragic Railroad Disaster”
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True Crime Sunday: What happened to Calvin?
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Jimmy Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize
On October 11, 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.” Carter, a peanut farmer from Georgia, served one term as U.S. president between 1977 and 1981. One of hisContinue reading “Jimmy Carter Wins Nobel Peace Prize”
History Lesson Tuesday: 1845 US Naval Academy Opens
The United States Naval Academy opens in Annapolis, Maryland, with 50 midshipmen students and seven professors. Known as the Naval School until 1850, the curriculum included mathematics and navigation, gunnery and steam, chemistry, English, natural philosophy, and French. The Naval School officially became the U.S. Naval Academy in 1850, and a new curriculum went intoContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesday: 1845 US Naval Academy Opens”
Mental Health Mondays: Do these 8 things daily to quickly disable self-sabotage
by Alex Mathers Do you do things that get in the way of your goals and dreams? Humans are funny things. We can know what we want but then find ways to set up obstacles through bad habits or brutal self-judgements. I can hold myself back, but I’ve lived long enough to know the risksContinue reading “Mental Health Mondays: Do these 8 things daily to quickly disable self-sabotage”
True Crime Sundays: Man who served 25 years for murder exonerated by DNA
On October 4, 2011, Michael Morton, who spent 25 years in prison for his wife’s murder, is released after DNA evidence implicates another man in the crime. The prosecutor in the case later was accused of withholding evidence indicating that Morton was innocent. On the afternoon of August 13, 1986, a neighbor found 31-year-old ChristineContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: Man who served 25 years for murder exonerated by DNA”
Work Begins on Mount Rushmore
October 4, 1927 On October 4, 1927, sculpting begins on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. It would take another 12 years for the granite images of four of America’s most revered presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt—to be completed. The monument was the brainchild of a South Dakota historian namedContinue reading “Work Begins on Mount Rushmore”
Reasons Why Your AC Smells Musty & How To Eliminate the Odor
by AJ Hulton There’s nothing better than having an air conditioning system during the hot and humid summer season. You can simply turn on your AC and have the comfort you need. But what if your AC smells like rotten wood? You don’t want to turn off the AC and have to go back toContinue reading “Reasons Why Your AC Smells Musty & How To Eliminate the Odor”
True Crime Sundays: Body found in trash ID’d as missing 2-year-old, father to be charged with murder
DeKalb County Police Department – PHOTO: In this photo released by the DeKalb County Police Department, J’Asiah Mitchell is shown.
True Crime Sundays: Idaho woman sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in US Capitol breach “I understood what Jesus felt like when he was in the garden of Gethsemane praying and felt so alone,” St Cyr said in a video on Facebook after the sentencing. by Andrew Baertlein, Alexandra Duggan BOISE, Idaho —Continue reading
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