Ross Simpson

Jerry Lewis (Joseph Levitch) is 88 today

Sandy Kozel

                                 
                                           Sandy Kozel

U.S. Marines cheer after raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi at
Iwo Jima

Iwo Jima Statue, U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington D.C.

                               
                            Ross Simpson

The National Geographic Society (NGS), headquartered in Washington,
D.C., is one of the largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions
in the world. Its features include geography, archaeology and natural
science, the promotion of  environmental and historical conservation,
and the study of world culture and history.

The Society began as a club for an elite group of scholars and wealthy
patrons interested in travel. On January 13, 1888, 33 explorers and
scientists gathered at the Cosmos Club, a private club in Washington,
D.C., to organize "a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical
knowledge." After preparing a constitution and a plan of organization, the
National Geographic Society was incorporated on January 27.

  
       September, 1906

October, 2013