THE EVOLUTION OF BASKETBALL

                November 6, 1861 was the birthday of the Father of Basketball. James Naismith was born in Canada.  He moved to the U.S. to become a physical educator.  He was in graduate school at Springfield College in Massachusetts when his professor, Luther Gulick (the Father of Physical Education), assigned his Read more…

WILL ROGERS

                America’s greatest humorist was born on Nov. 4, 1879.  He was born in the Cherokee Nation in what is today Oklahoma.  He was ¼ Cherokee.  After some unsuccessful attempts at ranching and horse-breaking.  He became an entertainer.  He did rope trips.  One day he was at a show in Read more…

LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD

Today is the anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in 1886.  The ceremony was hosted by Pres. Cleveland. Interesting facts about the Statue of Liberty:                –  it was first proposed by French Edouard de Laboulaye to commemorate the American-French alliance in the Revolutionary War                 –  Read more…