Morse code

It’s recognized all over the world as an international distress signal.  Three dots, three dashes, three dots, repeated at brief intervals.  SOS.  It was first introduced in Germany in 1905 then adopted internationally the following year.   It had nothing to do with the letters they correspond to.  It was just an easy way to remember it.  Three dots, three dashes, three dots.  The SOS was never re

(Getty)Checking our history journal – it was on this date in 1838 that Samuel Morse demonstrated his telegraph system for the first time in Morristown, New Jersey. Most history books will tell you that Morse invented the telegraph and revolutionized communication.  The real story though is a guy by the name of Joe Henry who studied the work of Benjamin Franklin and enjoyed experimenting with elect