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America's Best Beaches, 2014

The following table lists the top ten best beaches to visit in the United States for 2014, according to Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, author of America's Best Beaches. In addition, find a list of…

America's Best Beaches, 2016

Hanauma BaySource: BigstockThe following table lists the top ten best beaches to visit in the United States for 2016, according to Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, author of…

America's Best Beaches, 2015

The following table lists the top ten best beaches to visit in the United States for 2015, according to Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, author of America's Best Beaches. In addition, find a list of…

America's Best Beaches, 2016

Hanauma BaySource: BigstockThe following table lists the top ten best beaches to visit in the United States for 2016, according to Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, author of…

Kids' Top 100 Favorite Books

Source: National Education Association (NEA). Web: www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html . This list was tabulated from an online survey that the National Education Association ran from…

Julia Ward Howe

social reformer, writerBorn: 5/27/1819Birthplace: New York, N.Y. Julia Ward was born into a prosperous family and was educated privately. She married Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe in 1843 and moved to…

Clara Barton

Founder of the American Red CrossBorn: 1821 Clara Barton taught school in her native Massachusetts before moving to Washington, DC, in 1854 to work as a clerk in the U.S. Patent Office. Almost from…

John Basil LAMAR, Congress, GA (1812-1862)

LAMAR, John Basil, a Representative from Georgia; born in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, Ga., on November 5, 1812; attended Dr. Beman’s school at Mount Zion, Ga., and Franklin College (now…

1982 World History

1982British overcome Argentina in Falklands war (April 2–June 15). Israel invades Lebanon in attack on P.L.O. (June 4). John W. Hinckley, Jr., found not guilty because of insanity in shooting of…