Interesting Web Sites List of Previous Months' Interesting Web Sites
www.paulreverehouse.org
Learn about Paul Revere's house,
as well as the man himself and his famous midnight ride in April 1775,
which alerted the militia that the British were coming. The shot heard
round the world was fired on Lexington Green the following day, 225 years
ago this month.
www.oldnorth.com
This site is dedicated to the Old
North Church from which the lanterns were hung as a signal to Paul Revere
that the British were coming by sea. Learn about the church's history,
current events, gardens, bells.
www.2000lexington.com
Learn about historic events as they
happened and as they will be reenacted. Find information about the town
of Lexington and its various attractions.
It wouldn't be Easter without those wonderfully squishy marshmallow peeps. This is their official Web site where you can read about the history of Peeps, join the fan club, visit Peepsville, and learn 'fun facts' (Over 600,000,000 peeps will be eaten this Easter.). There are even Peeps crafts and recipes (How do Peep S'mores sound?).
http://www.skypoint.com/members/jbp/kaigun.htm
Howard Tuckey stumbled across this
fact-filled site devoted to the proud navy that lost the Pacific War. View
pictures of Japanese warships and access detailed info on them and their
weapons and officers. There are also sections about the Imperial Navy's
Air Force, Mysteries and Untold Sagas, and links to related sites.
Monticello, home of President Thomas Jefferson, is the only American house on the World Heritage List. Explore this beautiful estate through this site; learn about the house, the plantation, and the grounds. There's also a Garden Shop, and information about the Jefferson-Hemings DNA testing.
www.monticello.org/education/asktj/instructions.html
James Liebner, a student from Vestal,
sent an e-mail to Mr. Jefferson via this page on the Monticello site. "He
answered in a few days. It was cool!"
Find the city/state/country of any
phone number in the world. Search on USA and Canada area codes, and international
country/city codes. 35,000 cities and 220 countries worldwide are searchable.
Over 100,000 NANP NPA (area code) and NXX (prefix) pairs are in the database.
www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer
This site is part of the U.S. Census
Bureau. Enter a place name or zip code and get information from census
data from the 1990 Census.
February
Volcano
World
Panda
Central at San Diego Zoo
High
School Alumni
January
Superbowl
History
American
Presidents: Life Portraits
National
Warplane Museum
1999
December
Jigsaw
Puzzles Online
Where
Has Your Dollar Been? Where's George?
Online
Christmas Songbook
Christmas
Recipes
Send
a Letter to the Year 2099
Computer
Help - My Help Desk
One
Day in Peace, January 1, 2000
November
Thanksgiving
Recipes and Hints& Tips
Send
Your Name to Mars!
Vanity
Plate Look Up
October
Fast
Food Facts
Woody
Woodpecker
Shakespeare's
Works
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