Tag Archives: John Adams

ON THIS DAY: October 30, 2018

October 30th is Checklist Day * Devil’s Night Create a Great Funeral Day * Haunted Refrigerator Night * National Candy Corn Day World Audio Drama Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Mary Haley, Ezra Pound and Minni Nurme, click

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TCS: The Library of Congress and the First Librarian

Good Morning! ____________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: October 30, 2017

October 30th is Checklist Day * National Candy Corn Day Create a Great Funeral Day * Haunted Refrigerator Night * World Audio Drama Day * ________________________________________________ MORE!  John Adams, Ruth Gordon and Orson Welles, click

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ON THIS DAY: April 19, 2017

April 19th is Bicycle Day * Rice Ball Day National Garlic Day John Parker Day * Hanging Out Day * Poetry and the Creative Mind Day * Oklahoma City Bombing Commemoration Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Sarah Kemble Knight, Eliot Ness and Rawya … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: November 1, 2016

November 1st is National Author’s Day * National Bison Day * Extra Mile Day * Native American Heritage Month * Prime Meridian Day * World Vegan Day * Zero Tasking Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE!  Michelangelo, William Shakespeare and Annie Oakley, click 

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ON THIS DAY: October 30, 2016

October 30th is National Candy Corn Day Checklist Day * Create a Great Funeral Day * Haunted Refrigerator Night * World Audio Drama Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Cecil Rhodes, Martha Grahame and War of the Worlds, click

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ON THIS DAY: September 27, 2016

September 27th is National Voter Registration Day ∞ Chocolate Milk Day ∞ Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day * ∞ World Tourism Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! John Adams, Sheikh Hasina and the Beach Boys, click

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Dearest Abigail Adams

On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams penned a letter from their farm Peacefield to her husband, John Adams, laboring with the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to bring forth a new nation: “…I long to hear that you have declared an … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 4, 2016

July 4th is: Sidewalk Egg Frying Day National Country Music Day Independence From Meat Day AND National Barbecued Spareribs Day National Holidays from Around the World Cayman Islands – Constitution Day Columbia – Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul … Continue reading

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