“Smoking or nonsmoking?” It’s probably been awhile since you’ve heard that question, but it used to apply almost everywhere: restaurants, hotel rooms, public buildings and even airplanes.
Throughout history, cigarettes were a staple of American culture.
January 1st is the birthday of our American flag—in more ways than one. New Year’s Day was the first day an early version of our flag was flown, and it’s also famed seamstress Betsy Ross’s birthday. So what better way to celebrate a new year than to recall the symbol of a new nation?
The holidays are a time for traditions, and we all have our own decorations and habits that make us unique. Whether you consider decorating your house to make it the most festive in the neighborhood, or you don your best ugly sweater as you host an annual Christmas Eve party for your friends and family, individual traditions make us unique. Yet it is our collective traditions that bind us together.
In 1928, an artist named Walt Disney sat down to draw a cartoon inspired by his pet mouse. Who would have known that for more than a century, his stories, animations, parks and the studio he started would touch the lives of nearly every American?
