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March 2017 Current Events: World News

Top of Page Disaster News | Science & Technology News | US News The world is a very busy place, and it's hard to stay on top of everything. Infoplease has got you covered. Here are the 15 world…

Sara Teasdale: August Moonrise

August MoonriseThe sun was gone, and the moon was coming Over the blue Connecticut hills; The west was rosy, the east was flushed, And over my head the swallows rushed This way and that, with…

Walt Whitman: Warble for Lilac-Time

Warble for Lilac-TimeWarble me now for joy of lilac-time, (returning in reminiscence,) Sort me O tongue and lips for Nature's sake, souvenirs of earliest summer, Gather the welcome signs, (as…

SMITH, William, Congress, SC (1762-1840)

Senate Years of Service: 1816-1823; 1826-1831 Party: Democratic Republican SMITH William , a Senator from South Carolina; born around 1762, probably in North Carolina; attended several private…

Eastern Conference: Championship (Best of 7)

W-LGFLeading Scorers Buffalo4-121Barnes (4-2-6) Toronto1-416Sundin (4-3-7) WinnerHome IceMay 23Sabres, 5-4at TorontoMay 25Maple Leafs, 6-3at TorontoMay 27Sabres, 4-2at BuffaloMay 29Sabres, 5…

John Jackson SPARKMAN, Congress, AL (1899-1985)

Senate Years of Service: 1946-1979 Party: Democrat SPARKMAN John Jackson , a Representative and a Senator from Alabama; born on a farm near Hartselle, Morgan County, Ala., December 20, 1899;…

Walt Whitman: These I Singing in Spring

These I Singing in SpringThese I singing in spring collect for lovers, (For who but I should understand lovers and all their sorrow and joy? And who but I should be the poet of comrades?)…

Vermont

  Vermont State Information Capital: Montpelier Official Name: State of Vermont Organized as a territory/republic: January 15, 1777 Entered Union (rank): March 4, 1791 (14th state) Present…

Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Humble-Bee

The Humble-BeeBurly, dozing humble-bee, Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto Rique, Far-off heats through seas to seek; I will follow thee alone, Thou animated torrid-zone…

State Symbols

StateSongBirdTreeFlowerAlabama“Alabama” (1931)yellowhammer (1927)Southern longleaf pine (1949, 1997)camellia (1959)Salt water fish: fighting tarpon (1955); Fresh water fish: largemouth bass (…