June 1, 1965 – Falmouth, Massachusetts: The 13-foot sailboat, Tinkerbelle, quietly set sail for its destination 3,200 miles away in Falmouth, England. If successful, it would be the smallest sailboat to cross the Atlantic Ocean. At the helm was Robert Manry, a copy...
1956 – St. Louis, Missouri: Calvin Peete was in terrible pain. The 12-year-old had fallen out of a tree at his grandmother’s house and landed on his arm. The x-ray showed his left elbow was fractured in three places. The physician recommended surgery, but there was no...
1926 – Masonic Home and School, Ft. Worth, Texas: The Masonic Home Orphanage, which sat on 200 acres in east Ft. Worth, was started in 1900 for the purpose of housing and educating the orphans of Free Masons. The facility, a lonely depressing place, was home for...
Pea Island, North Carolina, June 1878: Station No. 17, the Pea Island Life Saving Station, was created as one of 18 stations on the outer banks of North Carolina. Congress established the stations to help rescue passengers and cargo in the event of a shipwreck – a...
It is 3:00 AM and the Robsham Theater Arts Center on the Boston College campus is quiet and deserted. Fred, the graveyard shift janitor, pushes his yellow cart from room to room carrying his mop, broom, and cleaning supplies. His job is monotonous and not real...
On June 20, 2016, Dion Leonard was in northwestern China, standing at the starting line on the second day of the Six-Day 155-mile Gobi Desert Run, when the scruffy little brown dog materialized at his feet. Concerned he would trip over the dog, he tried several times...