Diddly-Bo

Encountered this great musical instrument in the Louisiana Cotton Museum. It's a diddly-bo, played by shifting a tin can under loose strings strung on a board, then plucking the taut side. I guess this is where Bo Diddly got his name...

Helping Out on the Hurricane-Hammered Gulf Coast

May 20th 2006
May 3 - May 17, 2006 Lake Providence, La. - Bay St. Louis, Miss. 7,756 miles to date 631 miles this leg Whew. We hardly know where to start. Nearly all of the last two weeks was spent in Hurricane Katrina’s destruction zone, and although nearly nine months have passed since this “storm of the century,” it’s mind-boggling to see for ourselves much more effort the recovery is g ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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