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In support of Indigenous (Host Nation) Peoples Day: The flag of The American Indian Movement. I do wonder when we as a nation will face real honest history and admit and confess what people who were convinced of ‘manifest destiny’ did to the people who were here in the first place. How can you ‘discover’…

The newest state in the Union: Hawaii. It is the only state outside of North America. It consists of 137 volcanic islands in the South Pacific. Hawaii is the 8th smallest state and the 13th most densely populated. It was settled in approximately 124 AD by Polynesians. It was admitted as a state on 08/21/1959.…

The western state of Colorado. Host Nation people have lived here for 13,000 years. It was named by Spanish ‘explorers’ Colorado after the Rio Colorado River (The red River). It became a state of August 1, 1876. The flag is a bicolor horizontal triband composed of blue (the blue skies), white (the snow capped mountains)…

The flag of the County of Norfolk in England. It is the top tier of government of Norfolk County, of which Norwich is the main city. The flag is a bi-color, gold and black field with a white ‘bend’ bearing 9 black ermine spots in alternating pairs of singles and doubles. (Yes Ermine – the…

The capital of West Flanders: Bruges. It is the largest province of West Flanders in the Flemish region of Belgium. The city center is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is known as the ‘Venice of the North’ because it is a city of canals. The flag was officially adopted on October 26, 1982. It…

Today, October 1, is the ‘birthday’ of Yosemite National Park. The United States Congress established Yosemite as one of the first National Parks in 1890. At the moment there are restrictions to visiting the park, once those are eased, you must take Yosemite out of your bucket list and see it for yourself. The word…

Gonna walk and talk; Gonna sing and shout; Gonna tell the world what it’s all about: on September 26, 2020, this cute couple will be married for 50 years.

I hope you have or have had a co-worker that you not only respected but thought, ‘I sure hope I can be like her/him.’ For me it was ‘Friar Guyer.’ I finally had the opportunity to work alongside him back in 1985. It was an honor to watch him relate to people and be a…

The 29th state admitted into the Union (1846), Iowa. It’s history always involved the fact that it has the richest soil in the world. Prior to the French Europeans coming to claim the land, Host Nation people lived here for 13,000 years. It drives it’s name from the Ioway Tribe . It was considered to…

Don’t just talk about it – do it. Make sure you are registered and ready to VOTE.