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, 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 Freeman | Apr 28, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Walt Disney: He Built a Magic Kingdom! From the time he was a child, Walt Disney loved to draw. At first, he wanted to draw cartoons for newspapers, but as a young man, he discovered his love of animation, so he started making short cartoon movies in his hometown,...
by Criswell Freeman | Apr 28, 2020 | Famous People
Albert Einstein and His Famous Formula… In 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in America where he soon began work at Princeton University. Einstein was the greatest scientist of the 20th century and one of the greatest scientists of all time. He came up with many new...
by Criswell Freeman | Apr 27, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People, Women in History
Rosa Parks: She Made a Difference Rosa Parks was a true hero of the American civil rights movement. She became famous for a bus ride she took in 1955. Today, her statue stands in the United States Capitol. And, she’s recognized as a genuine American hero....
by Criswell | Feb 21, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Famous People
Abraham Lincoln: A Great President and a Great Man Abraham Lincoln was the United States president during the Civil War, and he guided the Union forces to victory, thus ending slavery in America. He was an amazing man and an amazing leader. Abe Lincoln was born in a...
