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The 1904 World’s Fair
Some say this event was the beginning of the ice cream cone and iced tea. Those facts may be debated, but there’s no doubt it…
The Unusual Marathon of 1904
It was a race like none other. The Olympic marathon of 1904 featured a runner who hoped a ride, two runners without shoes and a…
The Unusual Olympics of 1904
You would think hosting the World’s Fair would have been a large enough event to keep a city busy. But then they decided to host…
The 1904 World’s Fair
Today, St. Louis’ Forrest Park is home to several museums and plenty of green space. Roll back the clock over a century and you would…
Para Olympic Basketball
As we all know, you have to be at the top of your sport to compete in the Olympics. John Gilbert is a high school…
John Gilbert, Olympian
Perhaps we remember some of the things our mom said or did that inspired us to do good or work hard. For John Gilbert, it…
Rolling over a Challenge
What happened to John Gilbert at the age of nine Cheap Jerseys free shipping would be devastating to most. The physical challenge dealt to him…
Battlefield Immortality
Jacob Thomson is in one sense…immortal. http://www.washingtonredskinsgear.com It may appear that he has met his demise…but soon he will come back to life again. It’s all…
A Battlefield “Know-It-All”
Jacob has the best of both worlds. wholesale nfl jerseys from china Hindsight is 20/20 and he can predict the future. So you’d think he’d have…
Fighting the Greatest Battles
Today’s guest has not spent time fighting in Iraq or Afghanistan, yet he has fought some of the most important military battles in this nation’s…
