Much was made of the “Blue Wave” entering the Midterm Election by forecasting astrologers and the mainstream media – and Democrats had a reason to be optimistic. They increased their support in large areas of the Midwest and Rust Belt regions where Donald Trump dominated in 2016, most notably in Oklahoma’s 5th District and Kansas’s 3rd, where they flipped control.
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In America, Thanksgiving has traditionally been a celebration of the blessings of the year, including the harvest. The first American Thanksgiving was celebrated by the early settlers of the Plymouth Plantation, an English colonial venture in North America in present-day Plymouth from 1620 to 1691 after their first harvest in 1621. In Britain, the Harvest Festival, a carryover from paganism,
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Friday, November 15, 2018, awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian commendation to Elvis Presley posthumously. Elvis Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll”
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On May 13, 609 A.D., Pope Boniface IV dedicated the Pantheon in Rome in honor of all Christian martyrs, and the Catholic feast of All Martyrs Day was established in the Western church. Pope Gregory IV through papal decree later expanded the festival to include all saints as well as all martyrs, and moved the observance from May 13th to
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WILLIAM STICKEVERS 