Read and learn about history.............pick out a good one for us!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_2
1901 – United States Steel Corporation is founded as a result of a merger between Carnegie Steel Company and Federal Steel Company which became the first corporation in the world with a market capital over $1 billion.
1961 – John F. Kennedy announces the creation of the Peace Corps in a nationally televised broadcast.
1983 – Compact discs and players are released for the first time in the United States and other markets. They had previously been available only in Japan.
1998 – Data sent from the Galileo spacecraft indicates that Jupiter's moon Europa has a liquid ocean under a thick crust of ice.
The Peace Corps is a volunteer program run by the United States government. Its official mission is to provide social and economic development abroad through technical assistance, while promoting mutual understanding between Americans and populations served. The program was established by Executive Order 10924, issued by President John F. Kennedy on March 1961 and authorized by Congress on September 21, 1962 with passage of the Peace Corps Act (Pub.L. 87–293).
Peace Corps Volunteers are American citizens, typically with a college degree, who work abroad for a period of two years after three months of training. Volunteers work with governments, schools, non-profit organizations, non-government organizations, and entrepreneurs in education, youth development, community health, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment. After 24 months of service, volunteers can request an extension of service.[2]
Since its inception, more than 235,000 Americans have joined the Peace Corps and served in 141 countries.
My sister Patti was one of the volunteers that served the Peace Corps. She served in the Marshall Islands 1979-1980.
| Population | |
|---|---|
| Area | |
| Independence from the United States | |
| Republic of the Marshall Islands Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ (Marshallese) | |
 Flag  Seal | |
| Motto: "Jepilpilin ke ejukaan" "Accomplishment through joint effort" | |
Anthem: "Forever Marshall Islands" Menu0:00 | |
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| Capital and largest city | Majuro[1] 7°7′N 171°4′E |
| Official languages | |
| Ethnic groups (2006[2]) |
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| Demonym(s) | Marshallese |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary republic |
| • President | David Kabua |
| • Speaker | Kenneth Kedi[3] |
| Legislature | Nitijela |
| • Self-government | 1979 |
| • Compact of Free Association | October 21, 1986 |
| • Total | 181.43 km2 (70.05 sq mi) (189th) |
| • Water (%) | n/a (negligible) |
| • 2018 estimate | 58,413[4][5] (203rd) |
| • 2011 census | 53,158[6] |
| • Density | 293.0/km2 (758.9/sq mi) (28th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
| • Total | $215 million |
| • Per capita | $3,789[7] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
| • Total | $220 million |
| • Per capita | $3,866[7] |
| HDI (2018) |  0.698[8]medium · 117th |
| Currency | United States dollar (USD) |
| Time zone | UTC+12 (MHT) |
| Date format | MM/DD/YYYY |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +692 |
| ISO 3166 code | MH |
| Internet TLD | .mh |
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The Marshall Islands, officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands (Marshallese: Aolepān Aorōkin M̧ajeļ),[note 1] is an island country and a United States associated state near the equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the International Date Line. Geographically, the country is part of the larger island group of Micronesia. The country's population of 58,413 people (at the 2018 World Bank Census[9]) is spread out over 29 coral atolls,[2] comprising 1,156 individual islands and islets. The capital and largest city is Majuro.
The islands share maritime boundaries with the Wake Island to the north,[note 2] Kiribati to the southeast, Nauru to the south, and Federated States of Micronesia to the west. About 52.3% of Marshall Islanders (27,797 at the 2011 Census) live on Majuro.[2] Data from the United Nations indicates an estimated population in 2018 of 58,413. In 2016, 73.3% of the population were defined as being "urban". The UN also indicates a population density of 295 per km2 (765 people per mi2) and its projected 2020 population is 59,190.[10]
Micronesian colonists reached the Marshall Islands using canoes circa 2nd millennium BC, with interisland navigation made possible using traditional stick charts. They eventually settled here.[11] Islands in the archipelago were first explored by Europeans in the 1520s, starting with Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain, Juan Sebastián Elcano and Miguel de Saavedra. Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar reported sighting an atoll in August 1526.[11] Other expeditions by Spanish and English ships followed. The islands derive their name from John Marshall, who visited in 1788. The islands were historically known by the inhabitants as "jolet jen Anij" (Gifts from God).[12]
Spain claimed the islands in 1592, and the European powers recognized its sovereignty over the islands in 1874. They had been part of the Spanish East Indies formally since 1528. Later, Spain sold some of the islands to the German Empire in 1885, and they became part of German New Guinea that year, run by the trading companies doing business in the islands, particularly the Jaluit Company.[11] In World War I the Empire of Japan occupied the Marshall Islands, which in 1920, the League of Nations combined with other former German territories to form the South Seas Mandate. During World War II, the United States took control of the islands in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in 1944. Nuclear testing began on Bikini Atoll in 1946 and concluded in 1958.
The US government formed the Congress of Micronesia in 1965, a plan for increased self-governance of Pacific islands. The Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in 1979 provided independence to the Marshall Islands, whose constitution and president (Amata Kabua) were formally recognized by the US. Full sovereignty or self-government was achieved in a Compact of Free Association with the United States. Marshall Islands has been a member of the Pacific Community (SPC) since 1983 and a United Nations member state since 1991.
Patti also adopted 2 aids orphans from Kenya!
http://www.pattimaguirearmstrong.com/2012/03/our-sons-from-kenya.html
We never officially said "yes" to taking in a boy from Kenya, but had promised to pray about it. One thing led to another and in the end, many lives were changed.
Calvin’s coming to us was an amazing answer to his seemingly impossible prayer. Years earlier, he had read a book about a boy who left Kenya to go to school in the United States. ”Maybe I could go there someday,” he dreamed and prayed, “Dear God, please let me go to the United States.”
Calvin prayed with the faith of a child, even though long ago, at thirteen, his childhood had been lost. Both his parents had died of AIDS, leaving Rogers, 15, Calvin, 11, and Joash, 8, among Kenya’s 650,000 AIDS orphans. When Calvin revealed his prayer to his older brother and an aunt, they laughed at him but he kept praying.