Tag Archives: history

Honor Thy Father

  By Hyacinth B | September 2, 2010 - 12:03 am | Above & Beyond Leave a comment

We all enjoy feel good stories, challenges that ordinary people have overcome and events so earth shattering our lives have or will never be the same again. In this week’s “Above and Beyond”, I have opted to post a very personal event as something out of the ordinary that changed … Anecdote examples →

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Thor’s Day September 17

  By etaBlog Admin | September 17, 2009 - 12:05 am | On Thor's Day Leave a comment

1787 – On this date, James Madison and the members of the Constitutional Convention signed the final draft of the Constitution. Although this occurred on a Monday, we still thought it was worth a mention. 1908 – On Thursday September 17th, an airplane piloted by Orville Wright crashed and mortally … Anecdote examples →

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On Thor’s Day

  By etaBlog Admin | September 3, 2009 - 9:10 pm | On Thor's Day Leave a comment

Most people don’t know that the derivation of Thursday is from the Norse God, Thor – the God of Thunder. Thursday is the day of the week that our new stories will be published. This part of our site will be full of events, birthdays and any thunderous ideas occurring … Anecdote examples →

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