History

1900 to 1910 It was a new century filled with unbridled expectations. The population of the United States had just passed 75 million of

Immigrants from around the world had swarmed through the gates of Ellis Island and spread across the country to Baltimore, Chicago, and St. Louis.

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

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 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

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

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.

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.