Truly historic trivia
Did you know that President Andrew Jackson was the first President to ride on a train?
Some Train Terminology:
Did you know that, after sleeping in a train seat during a trip, George Pullman designed and built the first sleeping car with fold-out beds in 1862?
Did you know that from 1865 to 1914 the nation’s railway network grew from covering 35,000 to 254,000 miles?
Some Train Terminology:
- A “pearl diver” is a DISHWASHER!
- A Lamb’s Tongue: a fifty cent tip!
Did you know that, after sleeping in a train seat during a trip, George Pullman designed and built the first sleeping car with fold-out beds in 1862?
Did you know that from 1865 to 1914 the nation’s railway network grew from covering 35,000 to 254,000 miles?
Did you know that Ellis Island was officially opened in 1892 under President Benjamin Harrison whose grandfather was William Henry Harrison the 9th President?
Did you know Millions of immigrants came to America from Ireland due to a lack of POTATOES?
Did you know from inside the main building on Ellis Island one can see the Statue of Liberty which was a gift to us from France in 1886?
Did you know Millions of immigrants came to America from Ireland due to a lack of POTATOES?
Did you know from inside the main building on Ellis Island one can see the Statue of Liberty which was a gift to us from France in 1886?
Did you know Roosevelt was the first president to travel outside of the continental United States while in office? In 1906, he traveled to Panama.
Did you know that on October 11,1910, Roosevelt took a four minute flight in a plane built by the Wright brothers, making him the first president to fly in an airplane.
Did you know that on October 11,1910, Roosevelt took a four minute flight in a plane built by the Wright brothers, making him the first president to fly in an airplane.
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Lincoln-COMMUNICATOR---CIVIL WAR---"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all the men are created equal..."
Theodore Roosevelt---COMMUNICATOR---SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR---"Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right." (MOH Recipient/Spanish-American War-Rough Riders/Panama Canal)
Jimmy Doolittle-INNOVATOR---WWII (Doolittle Raiders)---"Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here." (MOH Recipient/WWI-WWII/Aviator)
Mrs. Bernice Haydu---EDUCATOR---WWII (W.A.S.P.)---"A girl who wants to make a career out of aviation has one strike against her before she starts---she's a girl!!!" She signs her books, "Always blue skies" and is today 93 years young. (WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots)
Steve Jobs---VISIONARY---"...the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who will." (Visionary/CEO-Apple Computers prior to death)
Theodore Roosevelt---COMMUNICATOR---SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR---"Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right." (MOH Recipient/Spanish-American War-Rough Riders/Panama Canal)
Jimmy Doolittle-INNOVATOR---WWII (Doolittle Raiders)---"Just try to make the world a better place for your having been here." (MOH Recipient/WWI-WWII/Aviator)
Mrs. Bernice Haydu---EDUCATOR---WWII (W.A.S.P.)---"A girl who wants to make a career out of aviation has one strike against her before she starts---she's a girl!!!" She signs her books, "Always blue skies" and is today 93 years young. (WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots)
Steve Jobs---VISIONARY---"...the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who will." (Visionary/CEO-Apple Computers prior to death)