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It is the beginning of the holiday season this week - officially starting on Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. This year, the celebration of Thanksgiving is a little later than usual and this will result in merchants being a little…

The week-end has been filled with shows about the assassination of President Kennedy that happened 50 years ago last Friday. I have actually been to Dealey Plaza in Dallas where the President was hit with the fatal shots that caused…

I was 10 when it happened. If you are old enough to remember the event, you knew exactly where you were and what you were doing the moment that you heard the news about the attempt on the life of…

When I was 17, back in 1970, my Uncle Wayne made arrangements for me to spend the summer in Germany working in a factory that made precision drafting tools for Frederick Post Company, an organization that my uncle was president…

I'll bet that you already know what this post is about. What's more, I'll bet you know the next phrase that follows the title of evening's post - yep, "our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived…