Memorial Day – if you’re like most Americans you probably think of this day as the beginning of summer. Visions of parades, barbecues, the first open weekend for the community pool or a nearby amusement park. Those certainly pertain to the modern celebration of Memorial Day. Like many other national… Read more“Map Monday, The origins of US Memorial Day”
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Map Monday, Where to go for sunshine
Sunshine or sunlight is essential to life on Earth. Sure a small subset of organisms thrive in places that sunshine never reaches, but most are at least indirectly dependent on solar energy. Whether they live in ever-dark caves or in the depths of the oceans most food chains can be… Read more“Map Monday, Where to go for sunshine”
Map Monday, Country of origin for US immigrants
America is a land of immigrants. Everyone in the United States can trace their origins to another land. Even Native Americans aren’t true natives of the continent. To be fair recent research suggests their ancestors arrived in western Alaska as early as 32,000 years ago. Newcomers continued to arrive for… Read more“Map Monday, Country of origin for US immigrants”