Tag: History

On Martin Luther King Jr. Day

We are not makers of history. We are made by history. Martin Luther King, Jr. Today is the national holiday signed into law by President Ronald Reagan (yes, Ronald Reagan), to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was a Baptist minister and activist. As a leader …

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Thank you, Veterans

On this day in 1918 Germany signed an armistice agreement with the Allied Nations in a railroad car near Compiègne, France. Fighting in World War I officially ended at 11:00 a.m. (the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month). The war officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on …

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