by billyzh | Nov 23, 2011 | History, Holidays
While the Pilgrims (originally from Notingham) now in Scrooby, were learning to survive in Holland, other settlers from England had already arrived in the new land that was now called Virginia (the entire Eastern Seaboard) Folks were setting up shop in Jamestown by...
by billyzh | Aug 29, 2011 | Career/Job, Family, History, Relationships, Spirituality
I remember painfully sitting through a High School Advanced Placement history class that for some reason I had tested into. To this day, I will never know how I ended up in there. The teacher certainly wondered too. I never quite got her points. And she let me know...
by billyzh | Jul 4, 2011 | History, Holidays, Politics
One if by land, two if by sea. I certainly hope that line means something to you. If it doesn’t, here’s your homework: google it and report back.:) Here are some clues: Boston, Paul Revere, and a Horse Named… “Brown”. Most Americans are aware that the...
by billyzh | Jun 27, 2011 | History, Holidays
I love birthdays. It was a long standing joke that the celebration of my birthday began in January and ended in September. Only funny to some, if you know that my date of birth is in the end of May. But let’s face it, who doesn’t want their birthday to be...
by billyzh | Jun 11, 2011 | History, Holidays
Not many folks are aware that June 14th is FLAG DAY. Maybe it was because I grew up in a Military town (San Diego) that I know about these things. But I have to say, I have always enjoyed observing it. Even as a kid I stuck flags either in the yard or somewhere in...
by billyzh | May 10, 2011 | Career/Job, Financial, History, Politics
An advertisement that was published in The Saturday Evening Post, January 2, 1915 was not what I was expecting. See if you can guess the product… The Penalty of LEADERSHIP In every field of human endeavor he that is first must perpetually live in the white light...