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The Sunbeams is a youth program first put together by the Salvation Army in 1921 representing an offshoot of the Life-Saving Girl Guards. Early on, the program offered a “character building ministry” for young girls that promoted their spiritual, mental, and social growth. Through the program, girls ranging in grade from first to fifth improved their relationship with God and gained self-confidence all while having fun. The Sunbeams, much like the Girl Scouts, took field trips, camped, conducted service projects, and earned emblems for special achievements. Today, the Sunbeams continue to educate young girls about Christian fellowship and encourage them to give back to their communities through generous acts of service.

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The Colonial Salt Company was founded in Akron, Ohio, by John Long Severance who organized and became the President of the company in 1901. Colonial Salt was bought by General Foods in 1945 to make the Diamond Crystal-Colonial Salt Division of the General Foods company. In 1985, General Foods was acquired by Philip-Morris Companies, now the Altria Group, Inc., for $5.6 billion, the largest non-oil acquisition of its time.

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The Fun Ship Cruise is a line of cruises offered from Carnival Cruise Lines. Since the 1970's, Carnival has been advertising their cruises as Fun Ships, which are vacation destinations in themselves. The focus of Carnival is not only on the ports of call they take guests, but ensuring their ships are packed with fun and activities, as they were the first cruise line to implement this into their ships. Fun ships have live entertainment, a full and varied list of activities daily, and even the option to relax. The idea is that the guest on the ship will have enough options to never feel bored, but to always feel entertained. The “fun” is manifested throughout the journey including the way staff leaves towels for guests in their rooms, which is to fold them into origami animals daily.

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This illustration is likely a fan drawing of Snoopy as the Flying Ace. First appearing in a Charles M. Schultz comic strip on October 4, 1950, Snoopy is an iconic beagle passionate about writing and imagination. The Flying Ace is one of Snoopy’s most recognizable personas in which he often imagines himself battling the Red Baron. Introduced in 1965, Snoopy, dressed in a flying leather cap, goggles, and scarf, transforms his doghouse into a Sopwith Camel biplane and takes off into the skies battling against the Red Baron, based on a real German flying ace, Manfred von Richtofen. Snoopy’s iconic phrase, “Curse you Red Baron!” is often heard throughout the aerial battles. The journey of the Flying Ace exaggerates the life of WWI aviators to delight the readers’ hearts and imaginations.

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Following the 2013 murder of 18-year old Hadiya Pendleton in Chicago, the Pendleton family asked that activists wear orange to raise awareness of gun violence. In subsequent years, orange became the color of National Gun Violence Awareness Day in June, and is widely recognized as the color of the gun control movement. The nonprofit group Everytown for Gun Safety sells merchandise with the slogan "wear orange" to finance their work towards building awareness and passing legislation to regulate gun sales and use in America.

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Blue Island is a city in Illinois with a population of around 24,000, It is notable for the whole community being made a designated preserve America community in 2007. The city is one of the oldest in Cook County, being established in 1835. It grew in prominence as people settled there while traveling on the Vincennes Trail, which connected Illinois to Indiana. 

Throughout the 19th century, Blue Island was also a major manufacturing powerhouse of the area, bringing jobs, wealth, and prosperity to the city and surrounding region. The city helped to support both the brick and railroad industry before eventually being outpaced by larger cities in the 20th century. In 1894, railroad workers organized the well-known Pullman Strike, which caused the United States infantry to come in and impose martial law.