Even though his presidency was cut short, the United States would likely be a very different place today if Abraham Lincoln had not been pre...

This is sort of an odd combination Memorial Day/Groundhog Day postcard. Anyway, it's as close as I get to a Groundhog Day postcard, beca...

I had the best intentions for a Veterans Day post focusing entirely on military and veterans, but I can't help what's written on the...

I hope you are enjoying a slice of watermelon and some fun family activities today.   Here are the backs of the cards in the same order....

On Memorial Day we commemorate the soldiers who lost their lives in battle. Let's also remember the families who lost someone they loved...

You decide. Which is it? Tomorrow is Washington's birthday. Lincoln's birthday was February 12th. Some people think that Presidents...

When we think of U.S. veterans, we usually think of soldiers who served in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, or more recent conflic...

We're taking a break from Streetcar Sunday today because of the 4th of July holiday. Streetcar Sunday will return next week if this lady...

Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th, although it is not an official holiday. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued the proclamation to de...

This card includes part of a poem entitled The Blue and the Gray , by Francis Miles Finch: From the silence of sorrowful hours     The de...

  George Washington, the first president of the United States, was born on this date in 1732. When Washington died in 1799, Henry Lee delive...

Abraham Lincoln was born in Kentucky on this day 201 years ago.  Now, 145 years after Lincoln's death, there are over 300 people in the ...

Over the years the American flag went through many transformations.  In fact, the first American flag used in 1775 had a pine tree on it! T...