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Apollo 11 Crossword Puzzle

Posted on Tuesday, 16 July 2013 by Mark ThomasJuly 16, 2013

Recalling the giant leap of Apollo 11 Launched 44 years ago today, the Apollo 11 space mission culminated in the attainment of a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. The goal of safely landing a man on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Exploration | Tagged exploration, NASA, Space exploration

Favorite Griffin tornado

Posted on Tuesday, 16 April 2013 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

Here, we call it the Griffin Tornado The history books refer to it as the Tri-State Tornado of 1925. Meteorologists have named it the Murphysboro (Mo.) Tornado, after it’s general point of origin. However, in Posey County, Indiana, the devastation … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged Griffin Indiana, Posey County Historical Society, Tornado, Tri-State Tornado, weather

Favorite Tri-State Tornado

Posted on Sunday, 17 March 2013 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

Will this tornado’s dark reign stand? In the grim business of ranking the dead, the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 has no peer. Until that event, the greatest fatality count directly attributable to a single tornado, 317 souls, occurred in 1840. … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged emergency management, natural disasters, Tri-State Tornado, weather

A sobering sea change in attitudes about drunk driving

Posted on Sunday, 27 January 2013 by Mark ThomasJune 5, 2021

A sobering sea change in attitudes about drunk driving A fellow blogger celebrated the 16th of January’s significance as the day the nation went from dry to wet. The 21st Amendment repealed prohibition, one of the few progressive cures, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Political History | Tagged 18th Amendment, 21st Amendment, drunk driving, MADD, prohibition

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