Category Archives: History

September 12, the day after. . .

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Adrienne Cohen

The word that I cannot get out of my mind today. No matter what detractors may think or say, we are a resilient people. We may be a nation of defiant individualists; we may complain about conditions – sometimes too … Continue reading →

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Six Flags? No More!

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Adrienne Cohen

  I hear in my mind a child’s question: “But, Daddy, why do they call it Six Flags? There’s only one.” Although it originally had a pseudo-historical theme with distinct theme areas focusing on the architecture and successive eras and … Continue reading →

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Still in awe . . .

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen

Reportedly, John Glenn said he was “still in awe” of his space flight on its 50th anniversary February 20, 2012. John Glenn, who rode Freedom 7 into the history books on a not-quite-five-hour flight in 1962, was not only the first American … Continue reading →

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A grateful nation . . .

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen

­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­The armistice was signed at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in a rail car in France. 1918. Nearly 100 years since the end of the war to end all wars and we’re still fighting. … Continue reading →

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One for the history books . . .

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen

I voted. I believe in the symbolism – and the power — of casting my ballot on a specific day in a specific place – the day of voting defined by law as the “first Tuesday next after the first … Continue reading →

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Bob Dylan: A tonic for tough times

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen

Once you’ve heard Bob Dylan’s words, it’s hard to get them out of your head. If you came of age in the Sixties or the Seventies, you grew up not only with the words, but with the melodies, and they … Continue reading →

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A moment in time crashes into the now. . .

Posted on September 11, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen

9-11-2014: A scheduled trip brought us to the airport just at the time a memorial service began — what an experience it was. Continue reading →

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Some of my best friends are . . .

Posted on May 12, 2016 by Adrienne Cohen

I have been thinking lately about that statement. No matter how you finish it off, it somehow sounds wrong, doesn’t it? So why do we keep repeating it? The only way, I think, that statement makes any sense, is if … Continue reading →

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December 7

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Adrienne Cohen

Somewhere in the middle of the Pacific seventy-four years ago, a ship received a radio message to alter its course. The captain of the vessel complied. That vessel and its “cargo” of American servicemen steamed into a port on the … Continue reading →

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