Stormin’ the Bastille: July 14 is Bastille Day!
Monday, July 15, 2024
Bastille Day coming up!
Wednesday, July 10, 2024
Don’t forget to check out Team Marco Polo for the upcoming Bastille Day video!
A Storm’s a comin’
Friday, July 5, 2024
History Schmistory: July 2nd – Hey…whose that guy on the train?
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
July 2nd – 1901, Montana – Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid rob train! They get away with $40,000!
Robert Redford as The Sundance Kid and Paul Newman as Butch Cassidy from the hit 1969 film
History Schmistory: July 1st – William conquers!
Monday, July 1, 2024
July 1st 1690, Ireland – The Battle of the Boyne between the deposed British King James the II and the guy that took his crown, William III. This was the decisive battle in a long protracted struggle between the Catholic James and Protestant William, in the period know as the Glorious Revolution….and another example of how Williams are often destined to rule!
!['Oh yeah, I got this in the bag!" By Robert Payne (Prince William) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Prince_William_of_Wales_RAF.jpg)
‘Oh yeah, I got this in the bag!”
By Robert Payne (Prince William) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory, June 23: Penn & Lenn-i
Sunday, June 23, 2024
1683Â –Â William Penn signed a friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape indians in Pennsylvania. It’s the only treaty “not sworn to, nor broken”
Like honest Abe once said…”The better part of one’s life consists of his friendships.”
Why can’t we be friends? Wait, We Can!!!
