The Great American Road. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania at dawn. En route to Gettysburg. #Highway #Travel

Today in 1492, Columbus made landfall in the Caribbean. He believed the birds he encountered were Edenic. These are parrots in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. #Columbus #Exploration

#StainedGlassSunday The Indiana War Memorial

Big win today. #IUFB

Newark Nocturnal Took a drive through the city on a recent trip to New York. #Newark #NewJersey

Eleanor Roosevelt was born today in 1884. She was active in forming the United Nations. We visited the UN building when I was a kid. #EleanorRoosevelt #UN #UnitedNations

Today in 1986, Reagan and Gorbachev met in Iceland. I recall the radio news reporting a potential end to the Cold War, followed by an impasse. I kept this copy of Time from the era. #Reagan #Gorbachev #ColdWar

It’s the end of #WorldSpaceWeek. Venus in the sky above Topsail Beach, North Carolina.

It's the birthday of Parson Weems, the first biographer of Washington. He popularized the story of the cherry tree ("I cannot tell a lie"). We enjoyed a visit to Mount Vernon. #GeorgeWashington #MountVernon

It’s been five years since the passing of Joe Morgan. He was a great Cincinnati Red. RC can from my youth. #JoeMorgan #BigRedMachine

#SignsOnSaturday Belle Vernon, Pennsylvania

Flags of the world. International Festival at IU Indianapolis. #IU #Flags

#FlowersOnFriday Central Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona

Reading about the Ursuline nuns of Quebec. Their work inspired Jeanne Mance to found the Hotel-Dieu hospital in Montreal. St. Ursula teaching her students in Napoli. #NewFrance #StUrsula

The death of Germanicus today in 19 AD. Tacitus portrayed him as a virtuous general, in contrast to the tyrant Tiberius. #Tacitus #Germanicus #Tiberius

It's the birthday of Verdi. We got tickets to the opera on a visit to Naples. Saw a wonderful performance of "Il Trovatore," including the Anvil Chorus. #Opera #Verdi #Napoli

Robert Gould Shaw, famous as the abolitionist colonel in “Glory,” was born today in 1837. The Mass 54th is honored at the Indiana State Museum. #CivilWar #Emancipation @IndianaMuseum

“Giant” with James Dean opened today in 1956. His hometown of Fairmount, Indiana. #JamesDean

Roger Williams was banished from Massachusetts today in 1635. This book on the Puritans covers the era. #EarlyAmerica #Puritans #RogerWilliams

Today is the feast of St. Denis. A late Roman martyr in Paris. His beheading is depicted at the Pantheon. #FeastDay #StDenis