Showing posts with label 18th century. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 18th century. Show all posts

Friday, July 5, 2013

In Case You Missed It

The UK Daily Mail (of all newspapers) posted a tremendous article with great photos of the last living "Minute Men" from the American Revolutionary War.  The majority of these men pictured were either 100 yrs of age or older when they had "daguerreotypes" made in the 1840s.   I cant tell how much I enjoyed this article and was a little saddened by the fact this wasnt published in any big US papers on July 4th or even the  3rd to celebrate Independence Day.

Click HERE  and be fascinated and filled with pride at what these men did as boys and try to imagine what they saw and experienced first hand.  We celebrate our Independence each year while these men were there and part of the troops making this a free country.  WOW!


Wednesday, June 12, 2013

In Case You Missed It


Just 6 months ago  Jiroemon Kimura was named by The Guinness Book of World Records as the worlds oldest living man he died today at the age of 116.
Born April 19th 1897, he was considered the last man being alive that was born in the 19th century.

click the above article to read the story on the USA Today website

here he celebrates his 116th birthday