Articles by Kelli Ballard

Scientists want to bring back the Tasmanian tiger, or thylacine, which has been extinct since 1936. While the name of the animal might make you think of a cross between a tiger and the Tasmanian Devil from the Looney Tunes… Read More

“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.” ~ Aldous Huxley August 14, 1945: V-J Day On this day, Japanese Emperor Hirohito formally… Read More

“Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.” ~ Eckhard Pfeiffer August 13, 1961: Building the Berlin Wall After World War II ended in 1945, Germany was split into… Read More

“We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.” ~ George Bernard Shaw August 3, 1492: Christopher Columbus Sets Sail History credits Christopher Columbus with discovering America, although the land was… Read More

“Difficulty is the excuse history never accepts.” ~ Edward Murrow July 26, 1953: Cuban Revolution Began This day in history, also known as the beginning of the “26th of July Movement,” was the beginning of Fidel Castro’s revolution that eventually… Read More

“Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.” ~ C. Wright Mills July 20, 1969: First Man on the Moon With today’s technology, landing on the moon might not seem… Read More

“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, however, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”  ~ Maya Angelou July 14, 1789: The Storming of the Bastille The Bastille, a royal fortress and prison, was the scene of… Read More

“If you don’t know history, then you don’t know anything. You are a leaf that doesn’t know it is part of a tree.” ~ Michael Crichton July 4, 1776: The Declaration of Independence As we celebrate the Fourth of July,… Read More

“History is a vast early warning system.” ~ Norman Cousins July 1, 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg On this day, the battle that would have one of the biggest influences on the US Civil War began. This was the Confederacy’s last… Read More

Father’s Day is a time to celebrate dads and to thank them for all that they have given their children. Being a parent is hard, but imagine that responsibility coupled with being the leader of a nation. On this day,… Read More

“The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age to age, nothing changes and yet everything is completely different.” ~ Aldous Huxley June 19, 1865: Texas Ordered to Free Slaves – Juneteenth June 19,… Read More

This June 14 will be the 106th celebration of the United States flag. For more than a century, Americans have been honoring the nation’s symbol of freedom. But it wasn’t always the flag we know today. During the American Revolution,… Read More