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4/18/2014: Ping-pong sounds like the game itself. The small celluloid ball “pings ” from the paddle and “pongs” off the table.

4/30/2014: In the late 1940s, an unusual public service campaign was initiated in the form of a train. The Freedom Train was red, white, and blue, and it carried an exhibit of more than one hundred historic documents and items, including the Magna Carta and the Declaration of Independence. The US Attorney General said project had the goal of "combat(ing) alien ideologies and reawaken(ing) in the American people the reverence we know them to have for the American way of life."

5/5/2014: Some people like to chew gum. Some do not. This basic truism has been around for a long time.

5/19/2014: In 1951, President Truman issued a proclamation declaring this date to be the second annual Armed Forces Day. As American soldiers fought in Korea, so soon after the end of World War II, Truman encouraged a celebration of those men and women who "dedicated themselves unselfishly to the service of their country."

5/23/2014: After the atomic bomb was developed during World War II, and the United States began to realize the terrible power, people sought ways to address the threat of nuclear apocalypse – the end of the world as we know it.

6/4/2014: On this date in 1889, the Constitutional Convention in Bismarck was a month away, and the economy for the new state of North Dakota appeared healthy. The spring had been cold and dry and there was some concern as to the future of the crops, especially wheat. The coffers would need to be full as the self-determination that came with statehood, also came with a price.

6/12/2014: In 1889, with the Constitutional Convention only three weeks away, the Northern Pacific Railroad, heralding its history as a “great iron band of commerce,” announced that the full growth of North Dakota can only be reached through the development of a network of rails.

6/20/2014: World War I was known as the “Great War” or the “War to End All Wars.” It began 100 years ago, in 1914, and the U.S. entered the conflict in 1917.

6/26/2014: Small Town makes it Big. Big hamburger that is. Thirty-two years ago, on this date in 1982, Rutland, North Dakota claimed title to Home of the World’s Largest Hamburger.

7/4/2014: Dawn came to Bismarck on July 4, 1889. A greatly anticipated day had finally arrived. A forty-two gun salute filled the morning air as trains rolled into the station spilling their contents of excited visitors to the Capital City. Hundreds were arriving to witness the opening day of the Constitutional Convention and what was promised to be the greatest celebration in the history of the territory. It was a banner day for Bismarck, literally, as red, white and blue banners, buntings and flags adorned most businesses and homes.