2015
This Week in History – First Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Elephants in the first Macy’s Parade, in 1924, then called the Macy’s Christmas Parade. Photos via Macy’s. Animals from Central Park Zoo including elephants, camels, and bears marched in the parade, but this ...
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This Week in History – Lincoln Delivered the Gettysburg Address
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On November 18, 1978, more than 900 residents at the Jonestown Peoples Temple compound in Guyana ...
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This Week in History – Ellis Island Shuts After 62 Years
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Photo circa October 1942 (Source: Creative Commons). From 1892 to 1954 Ellis Island served as the United States’ largest immigration station, processing more than 12 million immigrants in just 62 years. West Palm Beach ...
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This Week in History – The Scottsboro Boys Case
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On November 4, 2008, the first African-American President, Barack H. Obama, was elected. On ...
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This Week in History – Federalist Papers Published
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On October 26, 1881, Wyatt Earp and his two brothers, and Doc Holliday took on the Clanton gang in ...
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This Week in History – Rosa Parks, Civil RIghts, Activist, Died at 92
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On October 19, 1982 John DeLorean was arrested on drug trafficking and money laundering charges; a ...
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This Week in History – Medicare and Medicaid Established
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /Social Security Act of 1965 was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 30, 1965, in Independence, MO. It established Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, and Medicaid, a health insurance program ...
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This Week in History – The Blackout of 1977
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On July 13, 1977, a massive power failure blacked out New York City for 25 hours. On July 14, 1881, ...
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This Week in History: Justice Sandra Day O’Connor Nominated
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /West Palm Beach criminal defense attorney Kelly V. Landers recalls events of significance that occurred this week in history. On July 7, 1456, a retrial court posthumously declared Joan of Arc innocent of heresy, 25 years ...
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This Week In History – Declaration of Independence Adopted by Congress
Kelly Landers / 0 Comments /The Continental Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence–written largely by Jefferson–in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence. West Palm Beach criminal ...
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