Tag: History

365 Things I Believe: Advice

American author Harper Lee known for her novel To Kill a Mockingbird which won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize was born on this day in 1926. In 2007, she was presented the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush. 365 Things I Believe is a revisioning of a year long web project. I initially …

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365 Things I Believe: Every Battle

  Ulysses S. Grant, Commander of the Union Army and 18th President of the United States was born on this day in 1822. Grant died of throat cancer on July 23, 1885. He was 63. His body was interred beside his wife’s in New York City’s Riverside Park, now known as General Grant National Memorial. …

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