4 years ago today, America almost lost her freedom because of a presidential-sanctioned attempted coup d’etat. Didn’t America learn its lesson the first time?
My late mom (1929-2020) flew into DFL in 1954 to visit her MIA fiancé’s parents. It was 108° at the airport, which wasn’t air conditioned. Her fiancé, Sgt. Charles A. Rublee, of Mesquite, TX, disappeared north of the 38th parallel on 28 December 1950. He is MIA to this day.
That’s like when I worked in Pennsylvania’s state-owned/operated liquor store system. I had to ask customers for their ZIP Code once a year. One lady actually asked me, “What’s a ZIP Code?”, 50 years after their introduction! Others said “717” (the area code).
The Mauch Chunk Switchback Railway opened to tourist traffic as an early roller coaster in 1872. It started as a coal hauler in 1827.