I was sent an interesting clip from the internet about a man named Hayim Solomon and the role he played in the Revolutionary war by supporting with his own money the Continental Army. It said that as a result George Washington agreed to put on the one dollar bill the stars in the shape of the Star of David. I looked this up on Snopes.com. This is a reliable source of what is accurate on the internet. Here's what it reports…
For the past several weeks my partners and I have been involved in a jury trial in Seattle which has limited my time to keep this blog current. I hope to get back into current reporting as soon as the trial ends. In the meantime, coming home to Gig Harbor on weekends has been a pleasure. The leaves turned to that wonderful Fall color and then the November winds virtually stripped the trees of their foliage. Today the harbor in town is…
Today is the anniversary of the death of my father, Paul Nicholas Luvera Sr. Born on March 25, 1898, he died in Anacortes, Washington on November 4, 1990 at the age of 92. I've published several accounts of his memories from his youth over the past couple of weeks. This is a brief outline of dad's accomplishments in living the American dream. A man with less then a seventh grade education who became a community leader and achieved a middle class…
