Today is the unofficial last day of summer for most Americans. For many, school starts tomorrow and today is for barbeques, football and an extra day to sleep in. But why? Why do we celebrate the labor force by not working? The roots of this holiday are rather dubious. According to the Department of Labor…
Isn’t the 4th of July when we celebrate the birth of this great country? Why do we need Flag Day, June 14th, to recognize the flag? According to USFlag.org, in 1885, a school teacher in Fredonia, Wisconsin, believed the flag was very important to this great nation and wanted to start a special day that…
If you are statistics geek like I am, you will love this new website from The Heritage Foundation called FamilyFacts.org (www.familyfacts.org) . It is filled with charts, graphs, briefs, video and other content, all related to information about families in the United States. According to the website, they offer over 3,000 findings about families and…
According to a speech Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius gave in December 2009, between 10 and 20 million Americans are suffering from mental illness and didn’t have resources to treatment. (That was before the healthcare bill was passed so who knows if that remains true). In a Washington Times article written that same…
Think back to your driver’s education class (if you even had one) – how many times were you actually behind the wheel before your final test? I remember taking my final test right after a freak snowstorm – scary! Now think about how your own kids are going to learn to drive…will you teach them?…
There are three main branches of our government, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The Executive is the President, the Legislative is Congress, and the Judicial is the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court has been in the news the past few weeks, with the resignation of the first female associate justice, Sandra Day O’Conner, and the…
There are three main branches of our government, the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial. The Executive is the President, the Legislative is Congress, and the Judicial is the subject of today’s Family Site. The Judicial branch of our government is the Supreme Court of the United States. Here at their official website, you can learn about…
Yesterday we looked at a site for young visitors that explained how our Congress worked. Today we look as a site that visits the home of the President of the United States, George W. Bush, and how his job is performed. Called The White House for Kids, this site explores the home of the President,…
The Family Site of the Day tour of presidential libraries continues with a stop at the museum and library of the only President that was not elected to the office. Can you guess which one it is? The Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum is the repository for the papers and memorabilia of the Ford…
One of the most influential presidents of the 20th century was Richard M. Nixon. For over 20 years, between 1953 and 1974, he was either the Vice-President or President of the United States. Today we continue our tour of presidential libraries by looking at his. During his administration, great strides were made in our international…