The 20th Century – Looking Ahead
I have written snippets on each of the decades of the 20th century and since “the past is prologue” I decided to look ahead [&h...
Category: The 20th Century
The 20th Century – 1968
Our journey through life is marked by significant events…births, deaths, weddings. It is no less true for nations. Our country’s history is most remembered [&h...
The 20th Century – 1960 to 1965
The 20th century was a cyclone, whirling in turmoil. It began with a plethora of new inventions…the automobile, the telephone, electric lights, the airplane. [...
The 20th Century – The 1950’s
A Decade of Boredom New Year’s Day 1950 was a Sunday. In New York’s Central Park people smiled as they walked, huddled in mufflers. [&h...
The 20th Century – 1946 to 1950
Thank God, the war was over! Universally, there was hope that a new world would rise, like the Phoenix, from its ashes…a world of [...
The 20th Century – 1941 to 1945
The War Years The events of the decade of the ‘40’s were so extensive that it’s necessary to divide this Snippet into two 5 [&hel...
The 20th Century – 1931 to 1940
The Great Depression In October 1929 the stock market crashed, and, as the decade crawled to a close, people continued to yearn for the...
The 20th Century – 1921 to 1930
It was the jazz age…flappers dancing the Charleston, bootleggers smuggling ’hootch’ into the country by boats and across the Canadian border. Eddie Cantor was [&hell...
The 20th Century – 1911 to 1920
Immigrants from around the world had swarmed through the gates of Ellis Island and spread across the country to Baltimore, Chicago, and St. Louis...
The 20th Century – 1900 to 1911
1900 to 1910 It was a new century filled with unbridled expectations. The population of the United States had just passed 75 million of...