Today we remember New Yorker, Olympian Swimmer, and “Queen of the Waves” Gertrude Ederle. On August 6th, back in 1926, she became the 1st woman to swim the English Channel. It took her 14 hours and 34 minutes to complete the swim. This was Ederle’s second attempt to swim the channel. Her first try on …
New orders are put together one block at a time. Those who understand this process defend it by even putting their mortal lives on the line! On this date August 5th, back in 1884, the cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty’s pedestal was laid with ceremony led by William A. Brodie, Grand Master Mason in …
On this date August 4th, back in 1735, a German-American man named John Peter Zenger was acquitted of libel in colonial New York. Zenger was the writer of the New York Weekly Journal and had been charged with seditious libel by the royal governor. The jury found him innocent and concluded that “the truth is …
On Aug. 3rd, back in 1492, many worlds began to end and others began anew as Christopher Columbus set sail from Spain on his first voyage. They spotted a “new world” later in October. In March of 1493 Columbus returned back to Spain. Upon his return, the Admiral of the Ocean Sea immediately wrote a …
On August 2nd, back in 1858, the first mailboxes were installed in Boston and New York City streets. The first U.S. letterbox sanctioned by the United States Postal Service was patented on March 9, 1858, by Philadelphia iron products manufacturer Albert Potts. Potts devised containers that were incorporated into street lamp posts. He called his …