Pretty In Pennsylvania...A Creative Idea While In Quarantine
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Friday, April 24, 2020
Our Granddaugter, Chloe and the World's Most Recognized Burger
The Big Mac Museum plays homage to one of the world's top burgers. Home to the world's largest Big Mac at a height of 14 feet high and 12 feet wide. The Irwin, Pennsylvania McDonald’s location details the history of the iconic sandwich. However, the location of the museum rankled the residents of... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 23, 2020
One Way To Enjoy A Hot Summer Night With A Touch Of Nostalgia
Generations of Pennsylvanians have had the luxury of enjoying life from an old-fashioned source that at one time was the height of every teenager's weekend plans. Pennsylvania is home to several drive-in theaters scattered from one side of the state to the other, but when you pull into Shankweiler's... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
$3.15 Million In Emergency Aid Going To Those Impacted By Covid-19
Our county of Allegheny, located in southwestern Pennsylvania is the place that I call home, and it has been hit particularly hard by the Coronavirus. Our numbers of affected people grow by the hundreds daily. Thankfully, those who can afford to help, do just that. The Richard King Mellon Foundation... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Transfer Back To 1773 With Colonial Food and Period Ambiance In Philly
Transfer back into the 18th century when you dine at the City Tavern Restaurant in Philadelphia, which opened in December of 1773. Join several historic figures, including, Paul Revere, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson, who in the past have visited the charming restaurant where the waitstaff... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, April 20, 2020
A Gem From From A Jewish Prisoner Who Became A Well Respected Neurologist
A Jewish refugee family’s mezuzah circa, early 1900s...The Nazis arrested German store owner Erwin Weikersheimer in 1938 after Kristallnacht, and then held him at Dachau for three months. He left the country after his release and was joined by his wife and 8-year-old son, Norbert. This silver... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, April 19, 2020
Poltergeists Send A 150-Pound Couch Flying Onto the Diningroom Table
Poltergeists are dramatic and malicious by nature. These crude entities top the list as one of the most feared and troublesome spirits that exist in our world. They have the ability to move and throw objects along with causing chaos, physical disturbances and mass destruction to anyone or thing that... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, April 17, 2020
This Amazing President Shares' My Birthday and Is Loved By Pennsylvanians
President Theodore Roosevelt was known for having over a dozen amazing accomplishments during his presidency. Pictured is the day that he gives a speech in Harrisburg to which it is crowned Pennsylvania’s new capitol in 1906, and the state fell in love with the man who wore many hats. Although John... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, April 16, 2020
The Gospel Of Wealth, the Man Who Dies Rich, Dies Disgraced
Although the wealthy do not have a moral obligation, those who give to the less fortunate can unknowingly change a person's life entirely. Andrew Carnegie felt that leaving one’s riches to their offsprings entirely could lead to dissipation rather than industry by the second generation. Rather,... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, April 15, 2020
A Sacred Shrine From the Table Where Jesus Broke Bread With His Apostles
A Last Supper table fragment, trad. 33 A.D. The Rev. Suitbert Mollinger, a Belgian missionary from a wealthy family, founded the Most Holy Name Parish on Troy Hill, Pennsylvania in 1868. The Catholic priest spent his inheritance building St. Anthony Chapel so that the faithful could venerate his... Sign in to see full entry.