Our Heroes and Remembrance illustration has Maurice Ralph Hilleman and John Enders, pioneering developers of common vaccines, and…
In 1906, The J.E. Hanger Company was incorporated. James Edward Hanger was the first amputee of the American…
In 1905, James Hanger officially retired from the J.E. Hanger Company. Mr. Hanger was the first amputee of…
In 1890, J.E. Hanger Company enterprise expanded with offices in St. Louis, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia. James…
In 1888, the J.E. Hanger Company’s headquarters was relocated to Washington, D.C. James Edward Hanger was the first…
On Sept. 28, 1881, Storrs Agricultural School (University of Connecticut) opened its doors with three faculty members and…
On May 21, 1881, Clara Barton, named the “Angel of the Battlefield” during the Civil War, founded the…
On Apr. 21, 1881, the University of Connecticut began with a gift. In 1880, brothers Charles and Augustus…
In 1876, Eli Lilly and Company was founded by Colonel Eli Lilly in Indianapolis, Indiana. Colonel Lilly, a…
On Feb. 4, 1871, the ‘Hanger Limb’ received a U.S. patent. James Edward Hanger was the first amputee…
On Jul. 20, 1869, Children’s hospital was founded in Boston by Dr. Francis Henry Brown, a Civil War…
In 1868, the University of Alabama’s Medical College reopened in Mobile following the Civil War. In 1820, the…
On Feb. 16, 1863, Kansas State University, or K-State, was was founded in Manhattan, during the American Civil…
In 1863, Harper Hospital was founded to treat wounded Civil War soldiers. It eventually became Harper University Hospital….
On Jun. 3, 1861, James Edward Hanger becomes the first amputee of the American Civil War. By the…
On Jan. 6, 1853, Florida Governor Thomas Brown signed a bill that provided public support to higher education,…
In 1801, The first marine hospital owned by the Federal Government was purchased from the State of Virginia….
On Dec. 13, 1769, the Royal Governor of New Hampshire issued a royal charter in the name of…