Tag: History

RECAFFEINATED MONDAYS: Land Ho!

On this day in 1607, British colonists landed at Cape Henry, Virginia, the first landfall of the company that would establish the first permanent English settlement in North America. Captain Christopher Newport, and the three ships, the Susan Constant, the Godspeed, and the Discovery, dropped anchor at Cape Henry, on April 26, 1607 before sailing …

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That Sinking Feeling

I miss the stage, and the sea… Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee! E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me; Still all my song shall be nearer, my God, to Thee, Reported to be the last song the orchestra played as the RMS Titanic sank. On this day in 1912, the …

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