Carolann's Newsletters

Dear Friends, Tangents: On Aug. 28, 1963, 200,000 people participated in a peaceful civil rights rally in Washington, D.C., where Dr. Martin

Dear Friends, Tangents: The full moon was officially last night, but it’ll still look full and beautiful tonight. The August full moon

Dear Friends, Tangents: August 23, 1541 – Jacques Cartier Builds Fort Charlesbourg-Royal for Roberval. 1977: First human-powered flight Back Story, NY Times: Forty-five years ago today, an escaped

Dear Friends, Tangents: 79 AD – Mount Vesuvius erupts;  Pompeii destroyed. 1814 – British torch Washington to avenge burning of York (Toronto), Upper Canada in

Dear Friends, Tangents: On August 22, 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile

Dear Friends, Tangents: Today is Eid in many parts of the world. On Aug. 21, 1959, President Eisenhower signed an executive order proclaiming Hawaii the