Moments in Time – March 18, 20202
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On March 30, 1867, U.S. Secretary of State William Seward signs a treaty with Russia to buy Alaska for $7 million. Despite the bargain price of roughly 2 cents an acre, ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – March 4, 2020
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On March 22, 1765, in an effort to raise funds to pay off debts, the British government passes the Stamp Act. It levied a direct tax on all materials printed for commercial ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 19, 2020
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On March 7, 1876, 29-year-old Alexander Graham Bell receives a patent for his revolutionary new invention – the telephone. Bell’s patent filing beat a similar claim ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 12, 2020
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On Feb. 26, 1564, poet and playwright Christopher Marlowe is baptized in Canterbury, England, two months before the birth of his fellow playwright William Shakespeare. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Feb. 5, 2020
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On Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington is born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. As leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution, his success was due in part ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 29, 2020
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On Feb. 16, 1878, supported by Western mining interests and farmers, the Bland-Allison Act, which provided for a return to the minting of silver coins, becomes law. It ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 22, 2020
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On Feb. 8, 1587, after 19 years of imprisonment, Mary Queen of Scots is beheaded at Fotheringhay Castle in England for her complicity in a plot to murder Queen Elizabeth ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Jan. 15, 2020
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On Jan. 31, 1606, at Westminster in London, Guy Fawkes, a conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parliament building, jumps to his death before his execution for ... Continue Reading →
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