Shake and Bake

October 1, 2019 (Tuesday) This blog was written on a very hot day. I have heard many remarks lately about how hot it is. It’s hard for me to complain about hot weather because I dislike cold weather so much. If I had only two choices for weather, I would choose hot rather than cold. […]

The White House

September 9, 2019 (Monday) I’ve written about a few of of our presidents. Today I want to write about the house they lived in, in Washington, D.C.  The District of Columbia was established and the city of Washington became a planned city from the ground up. The White House was part of the plans. George […]

James Monroe – 5th President

October 2, 2019 (Wednesday) This blog is copied from “America’s Story,” a web site published by the Library of Congress. Jame Monroe, our 5th president (1817-1825), was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginiam and died on July 4, 1831, in New York, New York Monroe is perhaps best known for establishing the […]

John Quincy Adams – 6th President

October 02, 2019 (Wednesday) * You know already, I’m sure, that our sixth president was the son of the second president. His father, John Adams, was Vice-President when George Washington was President, and was the only one of the first five presidents who was not from Virginia. Like his father, John Quincy Adams was from […]

James Monroe – 5th President

October 1, 2019 (Tuesday) This blog is copied from “America’s Story,” a web site published by the Library of Congress. Jame Monroe, our 5th president (1817-1825), was born on April 28, 1758, in Westmoreland County, Virginia and died on July 4, 1831, in New York, New York Monroe is perhaps best known for establishing the […]