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You Waited a Decade to See this Bloom: But Oh That Smell!  Not all Flowers smell wonderful when they bloom. They may be beautiful but the smell you may not like. Even if the flower is very rare. In previous years, corpse flower blooms have drawn large crowds and three-hour wait times. What makes this stinky flora […]

A Few Hearsay about Founding Mothers, Not kidding! We all can picture the Founding Fathers, gathered in Independence Hall in Philadelphia, debating what to do about tyrannical Britain, and finally signing their names onto the Declaration of Independence. But what about the Founding Mothers? Often the women of revolutionary America are entirely forgotten. But women […]

May I introduce to you Founding Mothers The Founding Mothers, some of whom went on to become the inaugural First Ladies of the United States, set the precedent for future women. They assumed their role as hostess of the White House, encouraged their husbands to “remember the ladies”, established and grew businesses, and supported their […]

Founding Leaders:  Age Was Not A Factor How old were the Founding Fathers when the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776? It’s a simple question—perhaps so basic that it’s been overlooked: How old were the leaders of the American Revolution? As it turns out, many Founding Fathers were younger than 40 years old in 1776, […]