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Walter Karp 2 bemildred Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2253
DNA study bolsters disputed view of migration into North America 5 bemildred Jul 2012 Sep 2012 2 2602
Lobster, not pumpkin pie, was at the real first Thanksgiving dinner. 3 BigmanPigman Nov 2018 Nov 2018 2 1998
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"What you learned about the 'first Thanksgiving' isn't true. Here's the real story..." 3 BigmanPigman Nov 2020 Nov 2020 16 2791
As an old slide librarian 1 BittyJenkins Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 1053
The last known photo of Ulysses S. Grant. 19 Bleacher Creature Feb 2022 Aug 2022 33 3093
Joseph McCarthy 8 Blindingly apparent Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 5136
Lincoln's other legacy. 4 bluedigger Nov 2012 Feb 2013 1 2203
Ross Perot 9 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2875
JFK's motorcade route was published in advance - @BeschlossDC 5 BootinUp Nov 2022 Dec 2022 11 1554
Explorers group discovers name of Lake Michigan shipwreck - w/video 0 Bozita Apr 2012 Apr 2012 2 2005
Power, Propaganda, and Purpose in American Democracy 5 BridgeTheGap Jan 2012 Jul 2012 2 2508
Howard Zinn speaks on Emma Goldman, Anarchism and War Resistance 0 BridgeTheGap Apr 2013 Apr 2013 0 1541
A 1969 plan to build a second, nuke-proof Manhattan below New York City 1 Bucky Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2562
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Quote from Jefferson showing his small gov't philosophy 1 Bucky Jan 2013 Jan 2013 3 1982
Jefferson and Hemings. 0 Bucky Jan 2013 Jan 2013 2 1779
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Robert Dallek on FDR 0 bucolic_frolic May 2021 May 2021 6 1041
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: His Public and Private Lives. Speech by biographer Jean Edward Smith 2 bucolic_frolic May 2021 Jun 2021 2 2803
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Robert Hall Clothes - Life in America 6 bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 Aug 2022 5 1028
On this day, March 31, 1676 Zoeth "Zoar" Howland died, a casualty of King Philip's War 5 bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 Apr 2023 6 1192
Well, I'm reading "1491" by Charles Mann 10 canoeist52 Dec 2011 Apr 2012 1 3412
Anyone else think that since 9/11 police and military are automatically considereed "heroes" 5 captain queeg May 2017 May 2017 2 2481
Just watched some of FDR's state of the union in 1941 where he laid out the 4 freedoms 4 captain queeg Jul 2022 Aug 2022 9 1660
A question about the impeachment 8 Catamount Jan 2020 Jan 2020 0 3004
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Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims 3 catbyte Jan 29 Jan 29 3 712
Amelia Earhart mystery: Photo appears taken 2 years before pilot vanished. 2 Cattledog Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2386
Memorial Day was started by Freed Slaves. 1 Cattledog May 2019 May 2019 21 1782
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