Witchflower Days: Webster's Dictionary, Lincoln Dies, and Black Sunday

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Thursday, April 14, 2005

Webster's Dictionary, Lincoln Dies, and Black Sunday

Thursday, April 14 On this day in 1828, Noah Webster published his American Dictionary of the English Language. He grew up in America at a time when Americans from different states could barely understand each other, because they spoke with such different accents and even different languages.... Sign in to see full entry.

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