Category: This Month in History

  • June in History

    June in History

    JUNE EVENTS June 6, 1872 – Pioneering feminist Susan B. Anthony voted in a presidential election in Rochester, New York, a move for which she was later fined. Although the 15th Amendment had granted voting rights to African American males, Anthony sought to uphold women’s rights by leading a group of women to vote illegally…

  • April in History

    April in History

    This Month in History April 2, 1513 – Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon sighted Florida and claimed it for the Spanish Crown after landing at what is now St. Augustine.  About 500 Jewish and Italian seniors, traveling with their golf carts, disembarked from de Leon’s ship just in time for a 3 p.m. early senior discount…