Today Daylight Savings Time begins
Today (March 10) Daylight Savings Time begins. As we start Daylight Savings Time at 2 am on March 10 here in the United States, many of us will miss that lost hour of sleep for the next several weeks. At…
History: Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist Party
History: Russian Bolshevik Party becomes the Communist PartyOn March 9, 1918, the ascendant Bolshevik Party formally changes its name to the All-Russian Communist Party. It was neither the first nor the last time the party would alter its name to…
History: Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941
History: Pearl Harbor Attack in 1941 Today marks the anniversary of Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 which resulted in the United States’ entrance into World War II. President Franklin Roosevelt described the attack on Pearl Harbor as…
History: U.S. Marine Corps created in 1775
History: U.S. Marine Corps created in 1775 On this day in 1775, during the American Revolution, the Continental Congress passed a resolution forming two battalions of Continental Marines capable of fighting for independence both at sea and onshore. The resolution…
History: October Revolution in Russia in 1917
History: October Revolution in Russia in 1917 On this day in 1917, Vladimir Lenin and the Bolsheviks took over the Winter Palace and ended the rule of the post-Tsarist provisional government, and transferred all powers to the communists in Russia.…
Daylight Savings Time ends tomorrow (November 5) at 2 am
Daylight Savings Time end tomorrow (November 5) at 2 am As we return to Standard Time here in the United States, we hope you enjoyed that extra hour of sleep. Your mornings will be a little lighter again ... Inquiries…
Today is National Eating Healthy Day!
Today is National Eating Healthy Day! National Eating Healthy Day falls on the first Wednesday in November and has been observed since 2009. Inquiries at posterconnection.com #NationalEatingHealthyDay #VintagePoster #VintagePosters #vintage #posters #graphics #design #graphicdesign #originalposter #posterconnection #vintagefinds #interiordesign #vintagehome #vintagedecor
History: Statue of Liberty Opening in 1886
History: Statue of Liberty Opening in 1886 On this day in 1886, U.S. President Stephen Grover Cleveland presided over the dedication ceremony of the "Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World." The monument was a gift of friendship from France to…
History: United States Navy founded in 1775
History: United States Navy founded in 1775 On this day in 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the first American naval force. Thus began the long and prestigious heritage of the United States Navy. Between 1922 and 1972, the Navy celebrated…
History: Ben Shahn born in 1898
History: Ben Shahn born in 1898 Ben Shahn (September 12, 1898 - March 14, 1969) was an American painter and graphic artist whose work displayed a combination of realism and abstraction, thus addressing various social and political causes. Shahn immigrated…