Tied Up Today

Lewis and Clark started on their exploration of the "Louisiana Purchase" on 14 May 1804. My tie (from Mystic Seaport, CT) shows se...

On 13 October 1884, a global conference convened by U. S. President Chester Arthur adopted the meridian passing through Greenwich, England a...

On this date twelve years ago we helped celebrate the wedding of Ben Kleppinger and Amanda Wheeler! Their jobs and houses have kept them wit...

Near the end of September the United Nations designates a Thursday as World Maritime Day , to celebrate the contribution of the maritime ind...

I'm wearing one of my two compass-navigation ties to honor Ferdinand Magellan's voyage in 1519-1522, the first circumnavigation. He ...

Hmm. While researching this date to select a tie, I found a reference to "Henry the Navigator," born on 13 June 1820. On the stren...

Happy Serendipity Day! By a happy coincidence my EKU-faculty friend Paula Kopacz was recently at the Mystic Seaport Museum (CT), where she s...