Category: History’s ARTifacts

Download the Poster The list of Albert Einstein’s contributions to the world of science is practically endless. Over the course of his life, he published more than 300 scientific papers and was awarded the...

Download the Poster On February 1, 1960, four young black men sat down at a whites-only lunch counter at a Woolworth’s Drugstore in Greensboro, North Carolina, and asked to be served. Following the example...

Download the Poster January 4, 1809 was the birth date of Louis Braille, inventor of a reading and writing system for use by the blind or visually impaired. As a result of a childhood...

Download the Poster Deborah Sampson was born on December 17, 1760. Always a patriot, she became a hero of the American Revolution by disguising herself as a man and joining the Light Infantry Company...

Download the Poster Here The date was November 3rd, 1957 and the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union was heating up. In October of 1957, the Soviet Union had launched...

Download the Poster Here The date was October 21st, 1879. Thomas Edison had been conducting experiments for 14 months, spending about $40,000 (about $850,000 dollars in today’s money) trying to perfect an incandescent light...

The date is September 6, 1620. The Mayflower, a ship normally used to carry cargo, not people, set sail for the place we now call America. After two months at sea, the passengers were grateful to finally land, but the long winter ahead would have a major impact on their group. Of course, the arrival of the Pilgrims would have even more…

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