With the holidays approaching, what better time to share some of my favorite Christmas memories from my childhood in the early 1950s? My sister and I (although living 3,000 miles apart for all of our ...

The generation that survived polio epidemics and practiced air raid drills developed a psychological toughness that makes ...

When he was just a 10-year-old Birmingham kid, Jim Auker got a coveted Atomic Bomb Ring for the bargain price of 15 cents and a cereal box top. He eventually lost his toy promoted on the Lone Ranger ...

The 1950 U.S. Census has officially been released after 72 years of waiting. What you learn about America back then might surprise you, according to columnist Tracy Briggs. What was life really like ...

The classic 1950s living room was more than a place to sit, it was a carefully arranged stage for family life, television ...

Drafted for Korea in 1950, where a red haired classmate was MIA, but 40 of us were luckily sent by train from San Diego to Bremerton, Wa. to board a ship taken out of moth balls from WW2 for 6 mo.

Life changed a lot during the 1950s, but the year that started the decade was just scratching the surface of what the rest of the 1950s had in store. From soldiers leaving for the Korean War to ...

Cold War comics: educating American children for a new global role -- A small paintbrush in the hands of a small child: Children's art and cultural diplomacy during the Cold War -- The accidental ...

Ruby Lou and Me, about 1950. Source: Ruby Lou Wolens, with her permission I opened Chapter 1 of my book Free to Learn with the following paragraph: I’ve learned from hundreds of great teachers over ...