The Wedding Gown That Made History
Lilly Friedman doesn’t remember the last name of the woman who designed and sewed the wedding gown she wore when she walked down the aisle over 60 years ago. But the grandmother of seven does recall that when she first told her fiancé Ludwig that she had always dreamed of being married in a white […]
This Will Make You Smile Even if it’s a Made Up Story…
GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU SMILE….. ESPECIALLY SINCE IT’S A TRUE STORY…. ON JULY 20, 1969, AS COMMANDER OF THE APOLLO 11 LUNAR MODULE, NEIL ARMSTRONG WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO WALK ON THE MOON. HIS FIRST WORDS AFTER STEPPING ON THE MOON: “THAT’S ONE SMALL STEP FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND”, WERE TELEVISED […]
Patriotism
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Revolutionary Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 […]
Expressions
In George Washington’s days, there were no cameras. One’s image was either sculpted or painted. Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms. Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, […]
4th of July Thanks
Here we are at the 4th of July again. The day will come and the day will go and we will enjoy picnics, fireworks and family fun and it is possible that we will not take time to think about why we are enjoying this holiday. I want to take a minute to say THANKS […]
Troglodyte village in Iran…
In the north east of Iran at the foot of Mount Sahand in Kandovan, the villagers live in cave homes carved out from the volcanic rock. The age of some houses is more than 700 years. Very impressive.
Beautiful Story
YOU MUST READ AND SEND IT TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY WOW!!! A true story — read it to the end. Girl with an Apple August 1942. Piotrkow, Poland. The sky was gloomy that morning as waited anxiously. All the men, women and children of Piotrkow’s Jewish ghetto had been herded into a square. Word had […]
Pearl Harbor 1941
Please, read the Snopes’ comment too… http://www.snopes.com/photos/military/pearlharbor.asp
This Is Why I Love Being a Jew
by Dan Sporn Our condition, in Israel, has never been better than it is now! Only the television and the media make people think that the end of the world is near … Only 65 years ago, Jews were brought to death like sheep to slaughter. NO country, NO army. Only 60 years ago, seven […]
