Revisiting History

History is doomed to be repeated if it is not remembered.  Not that I think there is a great chance of the Civil War reoccurring anytime soon, but the State of Georgia is still making sure that state historical markers are constantly being updated and added.  For the first time, the state is adding more markers related to issues dealing with African Americans and women.  These additions make the retelling of the history of our state a little bit more complete, even if the events related are tragic.

I applaud Georgia's effort to keep history alive, and I hope that states across the nation are attempting to do the same.  We never need to forget where we've come from.

Heterosexual Education

California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law a bill that will add gays and lesbians to history lessons within public schools.  This is an effort to include everyone who is important in history lessons, and not discriminate based on lifestyle.  However, this new law does not come without it's opposers.

What's your opinion on the matter?  Is it good that schools are being forced to have an all-inclusive education?  Should this even have to be a law?  Is this law absolutely ridiculous?  I want to know what your thoughts are!

Talking Quarters

Quarters.  They are a coin most of us handle daily (or used to, before the invention of debit and credit cards).  But, how much do we really know about this historic coin?  For example, have you ever realized that some coins, such as the quater, have ridges but others do not?  It's true.  Ridging coins all started back when money was made of more precious metals.  Ridging acted as a way to deter people from shaving off pieces of the coin and made it harder to counterfeit these valuable coins.  However, this process has never been applied to pennies and nickels because these coins have never been made of what was considered a valuable metal.  So, just how many ridges are on your twenty-five cent piece? 119.