Remembering 9/11, 20 years later

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“No day shall erase you from the memory of time.”- Virgil Those are the words etched on the walls of the September 11 Memorial Museum in steel recovered from the Twin Towers. Twenty years ago, our nation suffered a horrific attack in New York City at the World Trade Center site and at the Pentagon, […]

Labor Day – Why do we celebrate it?

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Labor Day was first celebrated in the far-off state of Oregon, way back in 1887. This was during a time when people were working 60 hours a week in difficult conditions. Labor unions pushed for less hours and began with a street parade to show a unified  Today, it pays tribute to American workers and […]