LightGramsJuly 31, 2025Volume 29, Number 23 Anyone who is a roller coaster enthusiast probably knows about Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. According to Wikipedia, it’s the second oldest continuously operating amusement park in the U.S., having first opened in 1870. Another of its claims to fame is that it now boasts 17 roller coasters. The…
Posts from July 2025
LightGramsJuly 24, 2025Volume 29, Number 22 You might think that I dozed while typing the title of this installment, but it’s the title of a Facebook post entered July 21 by the Carlisle East Fire Station in Britain. Use a little deduction and it won’t be hard to guess the story they related. Four cows…
LightGramsJuly 10, 2025Volume 29, Number 21 Harvard University has collections of historical documents. One notable group is nearly 30 copies of the Magna Carta. One copy was purchased in 1946 for $27.50 from Sotheby’s in London. It was considered to be a “sheriff’s copy” of the document, interesting, but not nearly as valuable as an…
LightGramsJuly 3, 2025Volume 29, Number 20 Zara Lachlan was 21 years old when she announced her plan to row across the Atlantic Ocean. That announcement came on July 2, 2024, and on October 27 she put into sea at Lagos, Portugal. She completed her quest in 97 days, spending an average of 17 hours a…