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From the Hostetter’s Illustrated Almanac for August, 1892

August 6, 1866. Atlantic Cable laid

“Springs Valley Gazette”
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Grade 5A-B
The children in this room are making an Indian wall panel. Each child plans a stencil of an Indian, wigwam, canoe or pottery for the panel of unbleached muslin. The pictures are colored with wax crayon and will be pressed with a hot iron.

The 5A class has been studying the life of Robert Fulton and the “Story of Ships”. The pupils have made a collection of pictures of ships.

I am your Flag. I have been kicked, trampled, burned, and shot full of holes. I have fought battles, but I prefer the untroubled air of a world at peace.

I am your Flag. I represent the freedom of humanity, and I shall fly high, thundering in silence for the whole world to hear. My gentle rustling in the breeze sounds out the warning to all who would bury me forever that below stands a population dedicated to liberty.

Author Unknown

Nothing evokes such strong emotion as seeing the flag, wither a ceremony honoring a great event or draped over a coffin as a sign of mourning for a hero or loved one.

NASA CALLS IT THE EYE OF GOD.....

THIS IS A PICTURE NASA TOOK WITH THE HUBBLE TELESCOPE..

IT IS SIMPLY CALLED "THE EYE OF GOD".

U S Legacies Magazine June 2004

From the Hostetter’s Illustrated United States Almanac of 1892; the sixth month:

June 1, 1866.

The Fenian’s enter Canada.

The Fenian’s were a secret revolutionary society of Irishmen and women organized in 1858 with the goal of forcing the British out of Ireland. Also known as the Fenian Brotherhood, the group fled first to France, and then many to the United States, lead by John O’Mahony.

By: Dr. Zoe L. Simmons

Americans have the tradition of family gatherings, barbecuing, eating watermelons, and ending the Fourth of July with the array of beautiful fireworks bursting in the sky.

My curiosity sparked on how our former and current Presidents’ celebrated one of the most noted holidays in America. Here’s a look from George Washington to James Monroe.

George Washington

It was Palm Sunday and, because of a sore throat, five-year-old Johnny stayed home from church with a sitter. When the family returned home, they were carrying several palm branches. The boy asked what they were for.

People held them over Jesus' head as he walked by," his older brother explained.

"Wouldn't you know it," the boy fumed. "The one Sunday I don't go, He showed up!"
 

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The Story of Katia Garcia

by Raynelda Calderon

by Jennifer Thompson