Norman Gasbarro | May 25, 2015
For Memorial Day, 2015 — OVER THEIR GRAVES Henry Jerome Stockard (1858-1914) Over their graves rang once the bugle’s call, The searching shrapnel and the crashing ball; The shriek, the shock of battle, and the neigh Of horse; the cries of anguish and dismay; And the loud cannon’s thunders that appall. Now through the […]
Brian Tomlin | April 30, 2015
April 9. Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union Army General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the American Civil War. April 14. U.S. Secret Service is created to fight counterfeiting. April 14 (Good Friday). Assassination of Abraham Lincoln: President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending a […]
Brian Tomlin | March 31, 2015
March 3. Opening of the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank Corporation, the founding member of the HSBC Group. This bank was founded by Scottish bankers to help facilitate trade between China and Europe. Hong Kong was a British colony during this period. March 13. Jefferson Davis signs a bill […]
Brian Tomlin | February 27, 2015
February 3. Legislature of Canada approves message to British Crown for union of British North American Provinces. The four provinces united were: Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia. The former Province of Canada was split back into its pre-1841 parts, with Canada East (Lower Canada) renamed Quebec, and Canada West (Upper Canada) renamed Ontario. […]
Brian Tomlin | December 31, 2014
December 1. The Great Fire of Brisbane swept through the central parts of Brisbane in the Colony of Queensland (now a state of Australia). For two and a half hours the fire burned out of control in large parts of Brisbane’s central business district with entire blocks being destroyed. The fire consumed 50 houses, 2 banks, 3 […]
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