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On this day August 2, 1962, Robert Allen Zimmerman changed his name to Bob Dylan. 3 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 9 622
Emmett Till murdered August 28, 1955 3 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 11 551
Highway 61 Revisited by Bob Dylan released August 30, 1965 6 spike jones Aug 2023 Aug 2023 5 794
John Brown's raid October 16, 1859 0 spike jones Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 335
Seattle WTO 24 years ago 0 spike jones Nov 2023 Nov 2023 0 345
On this day 1865 CSA surrenders. Civil War ends.? 1 spike jones Apr 9 Apr 9 3 493
Political Correctness? 4 srcameron Jun 2017 Jun 2017 7 3670
National First Ladies Library. 1 Stellar Sep 2019 Oct 2019 5 1623
The Battle of Quallah Battoo 3 steve2470 Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 4607
1825 Contingent election 0 steve2470 Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2203
150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War 20 steve2470 Jun 2013 Jun 2014 21 7915
Holland’s Plan for America’s Slaves 0 steve2470 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 3 1769
Movie censorship is OK: 1915 SCOTUS Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio 1 steve2470 Feb 2014 Oct 2014 1 2254
What are the best first person accounts of American fighting in WW2 ? 19 steve2470 Jun 2014 Jan 2018 0 5135
War of the Regulation (1765-1771 in NC and SC) 1 steve2470 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2014
TAFT CAUSES HOTEL DELUGE (caps in original at NY Times) 2 steve2470 Mar 2015 Mar 2017 2 2722
February 9, 1825 "Corrupt Bargain": United States presidential election, 1824 0 steve2470 May 2015 May 2015 1 1652
This map predicted how Japan would attack the US during World War II 4 steve2470 May 2016 Jul 2016 5 2581
On September 17, 1861, President Lincoln imprisoned one third of the Maryland General Assembly 2 steve2470 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 3964
"...Hamiltons project...arose from a superabundance of secretions which he could not find Whores..." 2 steve2470 Jun 2017 Jul 2017 4 3610
1911 video of New York City (remastered, colorized) 7 steve2470 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 21 1328
George Washington had a SCOTUS nomination rejected in 1795 0 steve2470 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 0 972
Sincere ignorant, admittedly, question about black and white film and still photos 1939 to 1945 7 steve2470 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 5 1059
January 3, 1944: First usage of a helicopter for the US military 1 steve2470 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 1077
Sergeant Stubby, most decorated American "war dog" of World War One 1 steve2470 Mar 28 Mar 28 6 620
Apparently everything, that needed to be said about American history, has already been said 4 struggle4progress Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 2056
Why isn't there more enthusiasm for anothe civil war? 11 struggle4progress May 2011 Dec 2011 0 3101
Explorers find downed German U-Boat off Mass. 5 struggle4progress Jul 2012 Jul 2012 2 3508
Strange Fruit 1 struggle4progress Jan 2013 Feb 2013 1 1495
The Colfax Massacre 1 struggle4progress Aug 2015 Mar 2018 6 2542

American History Continued...

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Murder and Mayhem: The War of Reconstruction in Texas 0 struggle4progress Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 2185
Lynching in America: A documentary history 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1664
Blood done sign my name 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1623
Fannie Mae Duncan 0 struggle4progress Nov 2019 Nov 2019 2 1407
Will Trump become known as the worst President in all American History? 31 Stuart G Jan 2021 Mar 2021 6 3011
"Wounded Knee Massacre" ..Proof we fail to teach about .. genocide of Native Americans. 17 Stuart G May 2021 May 2021 13 2262
Greatest Historiacal Accomplishment in the last 150 years?... 5 Stuart G May 2021 May 2021 2 1762
Strange Event Happened In U.S.History (my opinion) Former President Totally Destroyed His Name 13 Stuart G Feb 2022 Mar 2022 10 2049
What do you remember from your American History classes in high school? (anything at all, I taught American History) 47 Stuart G Oct 2023 Nov 2023 13 1844
The most devastating of all wars for the United States was the "Civil War"..1861 to 1865..Largest % of deaths ever. 5 Stuart G Feb 17 Feb 18 2 487
'She sails like a bird' ! - Replica French frigate to recreate Lafayette's voyage to US 6 Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 4131
July 4th - It's Louis XVI we're celebrating with the tallship HERMIONE... 0 Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2220
I surprised myself and read this wiki 2 Tetrachloride Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 1227
The "Freedom Matters" exhibition 2 TexasDem69 May 2023 May 2023 1 586
'Bringing us together': The Ann Richards Legacy Project releases new book 'The One Ann Only.' 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1018
Financial Fraud - Charles Ponzi, Full Story of the Original Ponzi Scheme That Fooled Boston in 1920 - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Apr 13 Apr 13 6 427
Financial Frauds- Enron $74 Billion Fraud Creative Accounting Scandal Shocked the Financial World - Joe Blogs 1 TexasTowelie Apr 15 Apr 15 5 364
Grant and Sherman made plan at Burnet House that ended Civil War 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2267
The day trip that devastated New York's Little Germany 3 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Mar 2018 4 2866
Crowd of nearly 10,000 gathered at civil rights event in Lexington (KY) in 1867 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1720
Debunking neo-confederate revisionist propaganda 3 TigerToMany Jan 2012 Jan 2012 2 3985
The history we do not know 2 TNNurse Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 3122
I Saw John Wilkes Booth Shoot Abraham Lincoln. 11 Tomconroy Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1323
JFK: 61 years ago today. 1 Tomconroy Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 912
3-D sonar provides new view of Civil War shipwreck 0 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2253
Today is Kent State Day. 4 twodogsbarking May 2021 May 2021 7 1260
Supreme Court Cases For Dummies: US History Review - VIDEO 0 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 1973
The 'Bill of Rights' Hand Game 4 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2674
The Flapper Story - Roaring '20s Documentary 0 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Aug 2021 8 838
In conversation with Gore Vidal and Noam Chomsky-1991 1 Uncle Joe Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 945

American History Continued...

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7 Black Americans Express Their Rage In The 1960s 1 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1084
Fun To Watch 1960s Teenage Baby Boomers Who DIDN'T Rebel 10 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1387
Magnificent Storyteller Soldier Reveals What He Saw In Vietnam 7 Uncle Joe Dec 2021 Dec 2021 7 1192
"The Wobblies": Iconic Film on the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Is Rereleased for May Day 3 Uncle Joe Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 966
The Man Who Accidentally Killed The Most People In History 0 Uncle Joe May 2022 May 2022 11 1226
TOP SECRET U.S. Government Tunnels Cities Of The Underworld (S4, E2) Full Episode 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 630
Amy Goodman Reflects on the Build Up to the Iraq War and the Role of Media 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 337
Mar 3, 2015 Watch Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's full speech to Congress 2 Uncle Joe Mar 18 Mar 18 4 526
San Francisco 1906 (New Version) in Color [VFX,60fps, Remastered] w/sound design added 5 Uncle Joe Apr 14 Apr 14 5 717
Why Did Columbia University Students Protest in 1968? History 0 Uncle Joe Apr 18 Apr 18 6 342
Words That Hide the Truth - George Carlin 3 Uncle Joe Apr 19 Apr 19 7 559
The fork-tailed devil 3 VGNonly Apr 2021 Apr 2021 8 1378
USS Sable and Wolverine 5 VGNonly Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1627
Wow! Did Joe hit out of the park, or what? 7 vlyons Sep 2022 Sep 2022 16 868
Old Tolbert Rock House, Greenwood, SC - 19th Century Civil Rights Cross post Photography 0 WalkerinSC Apr 2023 Apr 2023 3 580
WTD... It's a great day to be a Duck 0 WheelWalker Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1533
Why did Ronald Reagan switch from a Democrat to a Republican? 12 Willie Pep Jul 2018 Jul 2019 0 5212
Try this one on your republican friends 1 wilsonbooks Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 2294
Gold Rush Ghost Ships (documentary) 4 Worried2020 Jul 2021 Jul 2021 1 999
Anyone have any good books about the Puritans? 0 XemaSab Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1585
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