Ten Festive Facts About Christmas Trees

by Nicole Garner Meeker interestingfacts.com    Christmas trees are perhaps the most recognizable symbol of the winter holiday season.    Whether you buy one from a tree lot or cut your own, nearly 30 million evergreens are sold every year in the lead-up to Christmas, and that’s just a fraction of the 350 million that are …

Rosalynn Carter’s Controversial Nanny

by Kathy Ehrich Dowd Time Magazine    Mary Prince, a Black woman who had been convicted of murder, was already a controversial figure at Jimmy Carter’s 1977 Presidential Inauguration.    Although she was incarcerated, Prince was given permission to travel to Washington, D.C. for the event and arrived in a dress made of material given …