21 guns in Centralia .. on a beautiful Memorial Day with blue skies as far as the free eyes can see .. honor and tradition are on life support in America but this town always comes home for Decoration Day. The most solemn day.. Honor..
On May 27, 1962, a small fire was believed to be contained at a landfill in Centralia Pennsylvania. The town had just tossed their refuse from the year in preparation for the annual Memorial Day parade and celebrations.. What the firefighters did not know–and no one else did either–was that a coal mine underneath the … Read moreMemorial Day 1962: The day the fire started
When we read Batman’s first appearance in Detective Comics #27, he is already operating as a crime fighter. Batman’s origin is first presented in Detective Comics #33 (Nov. 1939), and is later fleshed out in Batman #47. As these comics state, Bruce Wayne is born to Dr. Thomas Wayne and his wife Martha, two very wealthy and charitable Gotham City socialites in 1915. Bruce … Read moreCamazotz Begins
We needed a way to commemorate the Civil War once it was done.. Decoration Day was a fine way to do such–decades later it would turn into Memorial Day and now a century later we still honor the war dead in the United States.. The Civil War, however, seems so distant a memory that even … Read moreDecoration day dies
After all these years. the NYT finally prints #DebraHill Obit.. Five more Months till Halloween Halloween Halloween. Hurry Up Children get your Masks before the Dead GIVE AWAY!!!!
Ed McMahon was not a spokesman for the Publisher’s Clearinghouse. Instead, Ed , who was Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the Tonight Show for 30 years, was a spokesman for the not-so-well known American Family Publishers… But everyone thinks the opposite.
The Mercey House in Ashland has brought renewed attention to Robert Spencer.. hated by some.. called the “Angel of Ashland” by others
For the second time in only weeks, a property in Girardville PA collapsed onto the town’s street.. This time on Ogden, where a row of vacant properties have remained for several years.. It is the latest example of the blight plight that is scourging the coal region area of Pennsylvania.. What caused this? You can … Read moreStar light Star Blight: The Coal Region Reality Fight
MOVING BEYOND MEAT! From the NEW YORK TIMES: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/02/technology/beyond-meat-ipo-stock-price.html The share price of Beyond Meat surged 163 percent on Thursday in the company’s first day of trading on Wall Street, signaling surprising interest in a new generation of companies that are creating plant-based alternatives to meat. Beyond Meat, which makes vegetarian burgers and sausages, began … Read moreBeyond Meat’s Share Price Surges on First Day of Trading
