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Charles Blockson's grade school teacher told him Black people have no history. He set out to prove h 0 cbabe Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 960
Forget the Alamo censored by the usual suspects! 10 CCExile Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 2632
Anyone planning on going to any of the Civil War 150th Anniversary events? 3 charlie and algernon Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 2253
The war that Canada won 2 CHIMO Sep 2012 Oct 2012 2 2064
RIP PA Republican Gov. Bill Scranton, Radical Progressive by Today's Standard [VIDEO] 1 Counterpoint PA Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1712
When family history informs us about American History 6 csziggy Mar 2017 Sep 2017 3 2231
Building the 'Arsenal of Democracy': Wartime Color Portraits of Women & Men in Industry 0 Danascot Jul 2019 Jul 2019 2 1547
Brian Jones: Karl Marx and the US Civil War 0 Democracyinkind Jun 2013 Jun 2013 0 2458
The Fall of Wake Island... and Donald Trump's tooth brush... 2 DemocraticPatriot Mar 31 Apr 1 4 939
The "second Cold War" and Cold War 2.0 0 Democrats_win Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 1689
I am reading James Bradley's-"The Imperial Cruise"- 4 digonswine Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 3368
On this day in 1943... 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 1485
On 17 July 1967 Jimi Hendrix first appeared in concert. 9 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2416
On 6 April 1917 the US declared war on Germany but... 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm Apr 2018 Apr 2018 3 2288
On This Day in History - August 12, 1960 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2018 Aug 2018 2 1940
The Two Navy Holidays: Navy Birthday and Navy Day 1 discntnt_irny_srcsm Oct 2021 Oct 2021 3 1002
Bass Reeves, Deputy U.S. marshal 2 discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 595
Camden Central Airport 0 discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 289
I rarely do this, but I am going to recommend a book... Pls see : 2 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 Jul 2016 8 2196
The broader implications of Pearl Harbor Day 1 Dog Gone at Penigma Dec 2012 Dec 2012 2 2010
On this date the Johnstown Flood occurred 4 Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2023 May 2023 4 529
Meritocracy vs Aristocracy in the time of the founders. (dropped in GD, cross posted here) 1 Ed Suspicious May 2014 May 2014 0 1688
On this day, November 10, 1975, the SS Edmund Fitzgerald went down 5 edbermac Nov 2023 Nov 2023 12 602
NEW Digging Band of Brothers: Time Team Special with Tony Robinson (2023) - FULL EPISODE 0 Eko Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 390
This is actually pretty cool for archology. 0 Eko Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 542
Roanoke Colony Revealed? Prof Finds The Mysterious Colony's Capital. 1 elleng May 2012 May 2012 2 2560
The Legacy of 1776: A Conversation with William Daniels and Lin-Manuel Miranda 2 elleng Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3552
Was Mary Todd Lincoln Driven ‘Mad’ by a Vitamin Deficiency? 1 elleng Jul 2016 Feb 2017 0 1803
A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces. Head-Scratching Ensues. 1 elleng Apr 2017 Apr 2017 15 8578
How the East Was Won: A Photographic Portrait 0 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2536

American History Continued...

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When New York City Was a (Literal) Battlefield 1 elleng Nov 2017 Nov 2017 0 1984
American Military History: From Colonials to Counterinsurgents 0 elleng Feb 2018 Feb 2018 1 1706
Sally Hemings Takes Center Stage. 0 elleng Jun 2018 Jun 2018 5 1898
The True Grit of Four American Presidents 1 elleng Sep 2018 Feb 2019 1 2105
Bringing to Life the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Only Her Family Knows 2 elleng Dec 2018 Jan 2019 5 1698
Chinese Railroad Workers Were Almost Written Out of History. 1 elleng May 2019 May 2019 2 1547
Leslie H. Gelb, 82, Former Diplomat and New York Times Journalist, Dies. 0 elleng Aug 2019 Aug 2019 5 1752
Missing From Friday's World Series Lineup in Washington: The President 2 elleng Oct 2019 Oct 2019 1 1352
"a date which will live in infamy" 8 elleng Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 2339
Gamblers, Wastrels and Lumberjacks: An Old Cemetery Gives Up Its Secret History. 0 elleng Dec 2019 Dec 2019 11 1643
The Secret History of America's Only WWII Refugee Camp 1 elleng Sep 2020 Sep 2020 8 1641
'It was four hundred years ago today that the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, 8 elleng Sep 2020 Oct 2020 7 2851
This Tribal Map of America Shows Whose Land You're Actually Living On. 9 elleng Oct 2020 Oct 2020 21 2156
Gloria Steinem 1965 Interview with Dorothy Parker Found. 0 elleng Oct 2020 Oct 2020 2 1441
Mr. President: I confess that I do not entirely approve of this Constitution at present, 3 elleng Nov 2020 Nov 2020 2 1033
Beware of the "November Witch!" 3 elleng Nov 2020 Nov 2020 9 1837
Now available from C-SPAN Classroom: C-SPAN's Virtual Presidents Exhibit. 5 elleng Feb 2021 Mar 2021 1 2056
Slavery and New York City 1 elleng Feb 2021 Feb 2021 2 1207
Reverend Solomon Sir Jones was both a filmmaker and a minister who, between 1924 and 1928, 0 elleng Nov 2021 Nov 2021 5 1012
How a Coastline 100 million years ago influences modern election results in Alabama 0 elleng Nov 2021 Nov 2021 0 970
Learn Our History Today: On December 2, 1823, during his annual address to Congress, 0 elleng Dec 2021 Dec 2021 8 1008
The Founding of the United States On This Day in History December 3, 1776: 1 elleng Dec 2021 Dec 2021 6 1023
On This Day in History December 14, 1799: George Washington dies at Mount Vernon. 1 elleng Dec 2021 Sep 2022 8 1699
Weary from the strain of war and too much time away from home, General George Washington 3 elleng Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 1109
EDUCATION OF THE ENSLAVED WAS A CRIME, 1 elleng Jan 2022 Jan 2022 8 956
What We Can Learn From How the 1918 Pandemic Ended 4 elleng Feb 2022 Feb 2022 17 1445
Sorry About Your Sleep. 4 elleng Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 992
The Founding of the United States 1 elleng Mar 2022 Mar 2022 6 838
April 9, 1865, Appomattox, Virginia hostilities cease 1 elleng Apr 2022 Apr 2022 5 1320
May 10, 1869 The Golden Spike 0 elleng May 2022 May 2022 2 790

American History Continued...

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On This Day in History May 14, 1804 Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest 6 elleng May 2022 May 2022 2 1008
Lincoln Quote of The Week... 5 elleng May 2022 May 2022 16 891
On This Day in History May 17, 1769 George Washington criticizes "taxation without representation" 2 elleng May 2022 May 2022 2 944
Historical Context Of JIM Crow 0 elleng May 2022 May 2022 8 795
On This Day in History June 12, 1776 In Williamsburg, the Virginia Convention adopted 2 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 0 779
On This Day - June 13, 1777, during the American Revolution, a young French aristocrat 4 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 971
Learn Our History Today: On June 16, 1858, Abraham Lincoln gave his famous "House Divided" 0 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 1 712
--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938 3 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 776
THE BURNING DESIRE FOR EDUCATION 1 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 3 945
Battle of St. Leonard Creek 0 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 900
1776, if it's not on TCM or elsewhere, I may actually pay to 'rent' it, sucker that I am. 12 elleng Jun 2022 Jul 2022 4 1559
On This Day in History July 4, 1826: Thomas Jefferson and John Adams die. 0 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 4 954
How the 1812 Overture Became Music for the Fourth of July 1 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 806
Clifford L. Alexander Jr., whose long career as a leading adviser to Democratic presidents 0 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 3 1344
The Founding of the United States 4 elleng Jul 2022 Jul 2022 7 1059
Learn Our History Today: On September 1, 1864, during the Civil War, 3 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 6 1337
On this day September 4 in 1823, Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams about dictators 1 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 37 2153
In President Harry's Truman's remarks in Syracuse, New York on October 10, 1952, he said this: 8 elleng Sep 2022 Oct 2022 19 1808
just for the record: September 11, 1996 - UP control of SP and its subsidiaries was cleared 0 elleng Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 1318
How four British migrations defined America 1 elleng Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 801
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