U.S. Legacies is a division of American Legacies, Org., a 501c3 not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving historical information about People, Places, and Things.
This is a FREE service where you can post and share the memories, stories and photographs of your parents, grand-parents and other loved ones, in order to preserve their LEGACIES for future generations.
American Legacies Org, Inc. is a Not-For-Profit Organization that offers a FREE SERVICE, where we meet with, record and preserve the lifetime and/or family memories of American Seniors.
We also have a program where we meet with seniors at public restaurants, in order to dine with them on special occasions, such as on their birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas, etc.
From Cobblers To E-Commerce: How Buying Shoes Has Changed Over 300 Years
Yes, shoes can be considered utilitarian, but for many people, they’re beloved. How deep does that love go? Former Philippines First Lady Imelda Marcos opened the Shoe Museum of Marinka in the early 2000s to showcase her more than 2,700 pairs of shoes. Footwear doesn’t need to be fancy to be meaningful. A favorite pair of muck boots can warm the heart, while sneakers can spur a lifelong affair.
There were over 2.1 million pay phones in the U.S. at their peak in 1999, but now the technology is mostly relegated to nostalgia. Few wall-mounted pay phones linger in strip malls, and the silver and blue phone booths are mostly gone from the busy streets they once dotted in many parts of the U.S. Pay phones have become so rare that the FCC stopped requiring audits of them in 2018.
By Hans Zeiger
August 21, 2022
Historian David McCullough, who passed away on Aug. 7, spent his life telling stories that his fellow citizens should know. He wrote well-known biographies of John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and the Wright Brothers. He got his start chronicling the Johnstown Flood before turning to the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal and the early years of the American Revolution.
Cannelton, Indiana
Contributed by Stephen Sallman
Edward "Buddy" Scheidegger of Cannelton has been collecting Indian relics since he was 12 years old which is probably the reason he has over 12,000 items. He keeps only the perfect specimens attractively placed in trays which line two cabinets in the living room of the Scheidegger home. Imperfect arrowheads, tomahawks and others are traded or sold.
By Stephen Saalman
Cannelton, Indiana
124 years ago this week
Rained 15" in 10 hours
Author Unknown
Those of us old enough to remember when the phone was wired to the wall, usually in the kitchen, can relate to this story. I loved this read.
When I was a young boy, my father had one of the first telephones in our neighborhood. I remember the polished, old case fastened to the wall. The shiny receiver hung on the side of the box.. I was too little to reach the telephone, but used to listen with fascination when my mother talked to it.
American Legacies Org, Inc., is a Non-Profit organization that has been in existence since 1996 and is dedicated to preserving life’s historical memories. We accomplish this by talking with Senior Citizens and collecting personal stories about their own lives as they were growing up. We also collect stories that have been passed onto them from parents, grandparents and others.
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Similar to fashion trends and cultural entertainment, like film cameras or pedal pushers, food trends can also ebb and flow depending on Americans' ever-changing tastes, interests, and technological advancements only to fall out of favor. Cottage cheese was once a popular snack food in America (in the 1970s, the average American ate nearly 5 pounds of cottage cheese according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture).
C. 1883-1889. A 20-mule team before its 165-mile journey to the railhead in Mojave, California. Photo courtesy of the National Park Service
Written by FTW
My father was a WWII vet that ended up having to wear metal braces on both legs, from his ankles to his hips, as a result of getting hit by shrapnel from artillery during the war.
Unfortunately, from the time I could talk, until I turned 18, I never had a chance to see or speak with my father, so I was not able to learn much about his war experiences.
The second time I ever flew in an airplane, I jumped out of it. I was a 25-year-old surgical intern when World War II broke out; convinced that there would be more romance in Europe than in the Pacific theater, I volunteered as a battalion surgeon to join parachute regiment 506 of the 101st Airborne Division, also known as the "Screaming Eagles." From D-Day, to the invasion of Holland, to the Battle of the Bulge, I learned firsthand what it means not just to treat casualties of war, but also to become one.
D-Day
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What Grocery Shopping Was Like The Year You Were Born
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Independent since 1776, the United States of America is 248 years old. With the average life expectancy now hovering around 80 years, that means the entire history of the country—from powdered wigs to the Internet of Things—spans a little more than just three back-to-back modern human lifetimes. Historically, America is a young country.
Unusual facts
The month of May gets it’s name from Maia, the Greek goddess of fertility.
Before Julius Caesar had changes made to the calendar, May was the third of the year, not the fifth.
The month of May was also once known as “Threemilk,” referring to the fact that during that month, cows could be milked three times a day.
The American Flag is Folded 13 Times...
The first fold of our flag is a symbol of life.
The second fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life.
The third fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veterans departing our ranks who gave a portion of their lives for the defense of our country to attain peace throughout the world.
The fourth fold represents our weaker nature, for as American citizens trusting in God, it is to Him we turn in times of peace as well as in time of war for His divine guidance.
Great knowledge!!
On Jeopardy the other night, the final question was, How many steps does the guard take during their walk across the Tomb of the Unknowns? ------ All three missed it ---
This is really an awesome sight to watch if you've never had the chance Very fascinating.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
1. How many steps does the guard take during their walk across the tomb of the Unknowns and why?
The Jacob Rickenbaugh House
Rickenbaugh House--Celina House
Celina Lake, Oil Twp., Perry County, IN-1984
The Rickenbaugh House was built for Jacob Rickenbaugh in 1874. This house was constructed of sandstone blocks by hired Belgian masons and it served as home for his descendants until it's acquisition by the U.S. Forest Service in 1968, and for most of the period between 1878 and 1961 it was the Celina, Indiana, Post Office.
The Horrendous "Reindeer" Disaster
Cannelton, Indiana
Ward Bond was born Wardell Edwin Bond in Benkelman, Nebraska, on April 9, 1903, the son of a lumberyard worker. When he was 16 his family moved to Denver and he attended school at Denver's East High School. He then enrolled at the University of Southern California and it was through playing American football for the USC team that he entered movies. Also playing for the USC team was John Wayne, then called Marion Morrison, who became a lifelong friend.
The year is 1954.
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March 20, 2024
On March 23rd in 1775, Patrick Henry rose at St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia, to urge his countrymen to arm themselves for the Revolutionary War. Four weeks before the battle of Lexington and Concord, Henry saw the future: “The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!”
By Heidi Welte
November 22, 2022
Every hurricane or severe storm to hit the capitol of the United States brings with it photos of the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier solemnly carrying out their watch despite the terrible weather. None of these moments, however, can possibly surpass the eventful journey that brought the Unknown Soldier back home from France, or that of the USS Olympia, the ship tasked with this special mission which very nearly ended in tragedy.
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Around the world, 1969 was a year for the ages: the Vietnam War reached its bloody peak, the United States took a giant leap for mankind and safely landed astronauts on the moon, and a youth-driven counterculture emerged that would come to define the next decade through protests and music.
Public debates have recently focused on school history standards – what the Advanced Placement program should teach in its African-American Studies course and what the state of Florida should say about the effects of slavery. These are important questions. But I’m concerned about a longer-term problem: the danger of making American history and civics dull.
“I want to be a dictator for one day,” proudly declared former President Donald Trump to the New York Young Republican Club on December 9, 2023. Two hundred and forty years earlier on December 23, 1783, General George Washington humbly informed Congress that he did not want to be a dictator – not even for one moment. That day is when the victorious commander-in-chief willingly gave up power at the end of the American Revolution.
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From wars to elections, international incidents to civil unrest, entertainment to sports, the key defining moments of history profoundly influence who and what we are today.
To discover some of the most iconic moments from each of the last 100 years, Stacker mined historical data, government reports, and newspaper accounts. While most years offered more than one major incident that helped mold our attitudes and beliefs, we strove to provide the most important, defining event of each year since 1920.
