Presidentsâ Day: 5 Ways to Make It Meaningful This Year
With kids off from school, here are suggestions for delving into our nationâs complex history with virtual museum visits, D.I.Y. tours and fun movies (Lincoln as a vampire slayer?).
A replica of the Oval Office at the New-York Historical Society, which is open to the public with Covid-19 safety protocols in place.Credit.Glenn Castellano/New-York Historical Society
Feb. 11, 2021
Most years, Presidentsâ Day is treated as little more than a shivery three-day weekend. But with a new chief executive in office, a former one on trial for impeachment and several statues of past presidents pulled down last year, maybe the holiday can offer time to reflect on the presidency and the ambit of our country in general.
Winter Patriots: Remembering Valley Forge
As I write these words, the date is Feb. 2, 2021, and I am visiting my daughter in Elmhurst Township, Pennsylvania. The ground is covered by approximately 15 inches of snow, with no end in sight. Though born in this state, I was reared in the South, and though I’ve seen big snows, especially when living in the Smoky Mountains, like most Southerners I am awestruck by a boatload of snow.
Several times, dressed in three layers of shirts, a hoodie, and a North Face coat, trousers, and shoes and warm socks, I’ve stepped to the covered porch on the side of the house to look at this ongoing bombardment. It’s cold and windy, but I’m dressed warmly enough and can enjoy the beauty of the day: the gray tree trunks standing in contrast to the falling snow, the pathway and road to the nearby school erased by the accumulated flakes, the majesty of nature mantling firs, cars, and nearby houses with wreaths of whipped cream.
On January 21, 2021, President Joe Biden continued an American tradition by attending a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral. The event included a closing prayer from Presiding Bishop Curry. Since 1933, the National Inaugural Prayer Service has been a familiar part of the inaugural ceremonies, but even before the was a National Cathedral, The Episcopal Church prayed for and with Presidents. That tradition began with George Washington and the first inauguration in 1789.
Washington took the oath of office at Federal Hall in New York City, the nation’s temporary capital, on April 30, 1789. After swearing his oath, the new President and his wife Martha walked up Broadway to pray at St. Paul’s Chapel, now part of the Parish of Trinity Church Wall Street. The Episcopal Church officially acknowledged Washington’s ascension to the nation’s highest office, sending the new President a message on August 7, 1789. This message, offered by a developing church to the fir
How to Win at the Stock Market by Being Lazy
The drama of GameStop is misleading; the surer path to wealth is extremely boring.
Published Feb. 4, 2021Updated March 3, 2021
Many parts of the GameStop story the wild swings over the last couple of weeks in shares of the video-game retailer and a few dozen other out-of-favor stocks are not exactly new.
Long before Reddit, the Yahoo message boards of the late 1990s democratized the expression of strong opinions about stocks (they didn’t call them “stonks” in those days).
Short squeezes and market-cornering were maneuvers well before Randolph and Mortimer Duke the fictional securities-fraud-committing villains of the 1983 comedy “Trading Places” were greedy little boys.
Orlena has ALREADY dumped two feet of snow and is still going: 2,000 flights are cancelled, cities are flooded, woman freezes to death outside her house and three are shot dead during row over shovelling as monster Nor easter batters East Coast
New York City s Central Park has recorded more than a foot of snow as of Monday evening
Snowfall is expected to continue through Tuesday with forecasters predicting around two feet in total
The first victim of the storm was named as 67-year-old Patricia Becker
Becker, who suffered with Alzheimer s disease, reportedly wandered away from her home and was found dead of hypothermia on an Allentown street Monday morning