by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Women in History
Harriet Tubman: An American Hero In 1820, Harriet Tubman was born into slavery on a plantation in Maryland. When she was 19, she used something called “the Underground Railroad” to escape to Pennsylvania, a state where slavery was illegal. Actually, the...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Sports
James Naismith: The Inventor of Basketball In 1891, while he was teaching at the YMCA training school in Springfield, Massachusetts, James Naismith received instructions from his boss. Naismith was given 14 days to come up with an indoor game that students could play...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Women in History
Ida B. Wells: She Fought for Fairness It took courage for Ida B. Wells to speak out against hate and prejudice, but that’s exactly what she did. Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi in 1862. Her parents were slaves, so she was a slave, too. But before...
by Criswell | Apr 30, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Sports
Babe Ruth: He Had Lots of Home Runs (and Lots of Strikeouts, Too) Babe Ruth was, without question, one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Babe began his Major League Baseball career as a 19-year-old pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He was one of the best...
by Criswell | Apr 29, 2020 | Quotes and Verses
As the old saying goes, “Tough times never last, but tough people do.” One such tough person was a Mousketeer named Annette. Annette Funicello was born in Utica NY in 1942. She relocated with her family to Southern California when Annette was four years...
