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US navy hopes cannon found by divers is from wreck of the USS Revenge 0 Eugene Jun 2017 Jun 2017 4 4812
Six Nazi spies were executed in D.C. White supremacists gave them a memorial - on federal land. 1 Eugene Jun 2017 Jun 2017 5 2699
Science may have solved the 150-year-old mystery of a sunken Civil War submarine 2 Eugene Aug 2017 Aug 2017 9 3875
50 years ago, the My Lai massacre shamed the US military 2 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 3 1747
The national security adviser who colluded with foreign powers -- decades before Michael Flynn 0 Eugene Dec 2018 Dec 2018 8 1822
The Great Boston Molasses Flood: why the strange disaster matters today 1 Eugene Jan 2019 Jan 2019 12 1731
A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View 12 Eugene Mar 2019 Apr 2019 48 3631
Trump wondered why Mount Vernon isn't named after George Washington. Here's why. 2 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1636
A symbol of slavery -- and survival 0 Eugene Apr 2019 Apr 2019 3 1609
AP Explains: Immigrant entry exams had puzzles, delousing 0 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 0 1468
Last known ship to bring slaves to U.S. discovered in Alabama 1 Eugene May 2019 May 2019 5 1679
No, the census has never been delayed. Even when it was really hard to conduct. 6 Eugene Jun 2019 Jun 2019 1 1822
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Hundreds of black deaths in Red Summer ignored century later 1 Eugene Jul 2019 Jul 2019 8 1638
The Nuns Who Bought and Sold Human Beings 0 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 10 1543
Elaine, Arkansas: A rural town confronts its buried history of mass killings of black Americans 3 Eugene Aug 2019 Aug 2019 2 1572
Dismantling the Myth of the "Black Confederate" 2 Eugene Sep 2019 May 2020 15 2848
A 1946 mob lynching puts court focus on grand jury secrecy 2 Eugene Oct 2019 Oct 2019 6 1300
The deportation of an Iranian student shows the unchecked power of Customs and Border Protection 0 Eugene Jan 2020 Jan 2020 0 1788
A White mob unleashed the worst Election Day violence in U.S. history in Florida a century ago 0 Eugene Nov 2020 Nov 2020 19 1146
Wilmington 1898: When white supremacists overthrew a US government 6 Eugene Jan 2021 Jan 2021 14 1741
A Grim, Long-Hidden Truth Emerges in Art: Native American Enslavement 0 Eugene Dec 2021 Dec 2021 3 828
Alabama Black Belt designated National Heritage Area, unlocking up to $1M each year to preserve hist 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 821
New Orleans civil rights activist's family home listed on National Register of Historic Places 0 Eugene Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 328
Researching General Ethan Allen 2 flamingdem Feb 2012 Mar 2012 0 1847
"The Men Who Built America - Frontiersmen" was infuriatingly bad 5 Freelancer Mar 2018 Mar 2018 5 2767
The University of Iowa's collection of Civil War Diaries & Letters 5 Generic Other Jun 2012 Jun 2012 2 2703

American History Continued...

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Anyone ever seen this film inspired by a suggestion by FDR? He is credited in the opening 0 Generic Other Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1647
The House I Live In 0 Generic Other Aug 2012 Aug 2012 0 1681
Hell Bent For Election -- 1944 1 Generic Other Aug 2012 Sep 2012 0 2259
Happy Jan 6 - the day America became the Conan sword 1 GenXer47 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 906
First World Trade Center bombing 2/26/93 4 geralmar Feb 2020 Jul 2020 4 4782
The "Strange Fruit" was often female 1 Godot51 Mar 2014 Nov 2014 5 2296
Manspread: before and after - Lady Ga Ga and the Live Five 1 Goonch Oct 2017 Oct 2017 3 2148
Just watched the movie "The Patriot," and out of curiosity looked up a British view of 18 GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 Dec 2016 6 7190
Why are we burying history? 4 grumpyduck Jul 2018 Mar 2020 4 3492
"Could one man have shortened the Vietnam War?" 0 handmade34 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 1912
NEw york State Museum launches new WAR of 1812 website. 0 Historic NY Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 1780
She was the first Black person freed by Lincoln, long before his presidency. 3 Historic NY Feb 2021 Feb 2021 11 3406
Favorite period in AH -- the Revolutionary War 3 ificandream Feb 2022 Feb 2022 1 841
Nov. 20, 3013 - Oprah Winfrey awarded the Medal of Freedom by President Obama 1 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 2 261
Born 11/20/1942: Joe Biden, President (1/20/2021-), US Senator, Delaware (1973-2009); Pres. Barack Obama VP 2 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 3 280
On Nov. 27, 2013 "Frozen", the highest-grossing animated film of all time, is released. 2 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 424
This date in history: Nov. 30, 1993 - The Brady Bill becomes law 0 ificandream Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 531
Axis of Evil speech Jan 2002 3 irisblue Aug 2017 Sep 2017 0 2512
New book by historianStevenJ Ross..Hitler in Los Angeles, 4 irisblue Jan 2018 Jan 2018 4 1981
While I'm not exactly wild about the DAR, having noticed an apparent preponderance 7 IrishAyes Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2822
Denver Students Walk Out In Protest Of Conservative Takeover Of Curriculum 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Nov 2014 3 1663
The U.S. Government Turned Away Thousands of Jewish Refugees, Fearing That They Were Nazi Spies 5 jakeXT Nov 2015 Feb 2016 2 2377
Fascinating Movie: The Man Nobody Knew. 2 JDPriestly Jun 2012 Sep 2013 2 2446
Ironic: Republican Horace Greeley may be said to have subsidized Karl Marx's 2 JDPriestly Jun 2014 Jul 2014 2 3511
Red Summers--How racist propaganda inspired riots in America's biggest cities 1 Jilly_in_VA Aug 2021 Aug 2021 3 1159
Hercules Posey: George Washington's unsung enslaved chef 1 Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 Feb 2022 11 1001
Ghost Army honored with gold medal, but who were they? 1 Jilly_in_VA Mar 2022 Mar 2022 3 1279
How RFK Could Have Become President 3 Jilly_in_VA Jun 2022 Jun 2022 4 1178
World War Two: When 600 US planes crashed in Himalayas 7 Jilly_in_VA Dec 2023 Dec 2023 8 691
Why the GOP is ideologically no longer the Party of Lincoln 1 Jnew28 Sep 2015 Oct 2015 0 2741

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Shrewsbury's Amanda Berry Smith: 'Our house was one of the main stations of the Under Ground Railroa 2 JoeOtterbein Nov 2021 Nov 2021 1 1232
June 23, 1865: Last Confederate General in the field, Brig. Gen. Stan Watie, a Cherokee, surrenders… 0 Journeyman Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 3140
My book on how the states got their names... 14 kag Dec 2011 Dec 2011 6 5279
Presidents wth no living direct descendants 5 Kaleva Aug 2014 Aug 2015 3 7236
General Jean Victor Marie Moreau 0 Kaleva Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2226
Which former President's crypt was robbed and the body lost to history? 2 Kaleva Nov 2014 Dec 2014 1 1905
The US war with Germany officially lasted about 10 years. 4 Kaleva Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 5207
Age of living presidents 0 Kaleva Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 4476
People lost to history 18 Kaleva Jan 2018 Mar 2020 3 20962
What American had connections to 3 Presidential assasinations? 18 Kaleva Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 1013
“Maybe that’s why my vegetables taste funny,” 1 Kali Sep 2016 Dec 2016 5 2016
50 years ago this event took place 4 Koch Ebola Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 2344
Passionate Soldier Reveals What He Saw In Vietnam 0 left-of-center2012 Jan 2019 Jan 2019 6 2158
Supreme Court to hear pirate ship case 0 left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 Jun 2019 2 1674
Were the Vikings Smoking Pot While Exploring Newfoundland? 5 left-of-center2012 Jul 2019 Jul 2019 15 2168
Photos Reveal the History of Montezuma Castle in Arizona 2 left-of-center2012 Sep 2019 Sep 2019 27 3229
The True Story of Pocahontas 4 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 3 1403
Archaeologists probe oldest, deepest part of Meadowcroft Rockshelter 4 left-of-center2012 Nov 2020 Nov 2020 8 1709
What Was Christmas Like for America's Enslaved People? 1 left-of-center2012 Dec 2020 Dec 2020 9 1214
Why Did Cahokia, One of North America's Largest Pre-Hispanic Cities, Collapse? 1 left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 Apr 2021 11 2075
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