Category: History Matters Series

On Election Day, whether your allegiance lies with donkeys or elephants, many voters assume the ballot will be prepared by…

Your spring cleaning rituals echo back through time – to when houses first began getting filthy! In ancient times, spring…

What our ancestors didn’t understand about the heavens could fill volumes; and in many cases did, with whimsical ideas about…

Windmills were instrumental in our ancestors settling the parched Great Plains or water-starved Southwest without windmills, also known as wind…

Babylonians first created soap around 2800 BC, though our ancestors weren’t enthusiastic consumers until more recent times – when advertising…

These days, mirrors are an integral part of home life; without them it would seem odd indeed! We use mirrors…

John Hancock’s signature on the Declaration of Independence is well-known, thanks to its distinctive combination of neat lines and flowing…

If the 21st century had an official food, it would surely be bacon. Sales in the United States alone may…

Everyone believes Henry Ford invented the automobile. However, that’s technically inaccurate: instead he introduced modern mass production of mass-produced cars…

Horoscopes are charts or diagrams that depict the positions of the Sun, Moon, planets, astrological aspects and sensitive angles at…