Ten Years of History

Scott and I have started working on probate files from 1910.  It is so interesting to see what was occurring while life was going on in New Hampshire.  Here is some of the highlight of events beginning in 1910 to 1919.

• 1910--Boys Scouts started in the United States
• 1911--1st transcontinental airline flight from NY to Pasadena.  It took over 82 hours
• 1912--Fenway Park in Boston, MA opens
• 1913--16th Amendment to the constitution is ratified which instituted the federal income tax
• 1914--Mary Phelps Jacob patents the first bra in the United States
• 1915--The Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat killing 128 American passengers
• 1916--The National Park Service in created by President Woodrow Wilson
• 1917--The U.S. Senate declares war on Germany
• 1918--The influenza epidemic kills over 548,000 people in the United States
• 1919--The Treat of Versailles is signed which ended World War I