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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1544
The history of African Americans begins in St Augustine 5 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 May 2015 5 2820
February 9, 1825 "Corrupt Bargain": United States presidential election, 1824 0 steve2470 May 2015 May 2015 1 1766
"Then there is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant...." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 2176
'She sails like a bird' ! - Replica French frigate to recreate Lafayette's voyage to US 6 Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 4398
Here someone posted a copy of the NY Times from 70 years ago. 0 rgbecker Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1750
Why did the antebellum Northern factory owners not want to have slaves working in their factories? 2 raccoon Jan 2015 Feb 2015 1 9369
WTD... It's a great day to be a Duck 0 WheelWalker Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1629
The Preamble in other languages 1 47of74 Aug 2014 Dec 2014 0 2039
Which former President's crypt was robbed and the body lost to history? 2 Kaleva Nov 2014 Dec 2014 1 2016
The "Strange Fruit" was often female 1 Godot51 Mar 2014 Nov 2014 5 2510
Denver Students Walk Out In Protest Of Conservative Takeover Of Curriculum 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Nov 2014 3 1790
How an African slave helped Boston fight smallpox 3 MADem Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2249
Movie censorship is OK: 1915 SCOTUS Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio 1 steve2470 Feb 2014 Oct 2014 1 2400
General Jean Victor Marie Moreau 0 Kaleva Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2330
War of the Regulation (1765-1771 in NC and SC) 1 steve2470 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2124
80th Anniversary of the SS Morro Castle Disaster 0 Number9Dream Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2009
While I'm not exactly wild about the DAR, having noticed an apparent preponderance 7 IrishAyes Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3071
There is history everywhere. 5 rug Dec 2013 Jul 2014 0 2423
Crowd of nearly 10,000 gathered at civil rights event in Lexington (KY) in 1867 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1851
Ironic: Republican Horace Greeley may be said to have subsidized Karl Marx's 2 JDPriestly Jun 2014 Jul 2014 2 3755
150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War 20 steve2470 Jun 2013 Jun 2014 21 8464
Grant and Sherman made plan at Burnet House that ended Civil War 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2380
I had never heard of Reverend George Lee and Lamar Smith until today. 0 raccoon Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2164
Meritocracy vs Aristocracy in the time of the founders. (dropped in GD, cross posted here) 1 Ed Suspicious May 2014 May 2014 0 1787
The Mammoth Cometh: Reviving an extinct species-the Passenger Pigeon 0 Rowdyboy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2484
Infamous mass grave of young women in ancient city of Cahokia also holds men.... 0 Rowdyboy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2959
10 American Masters who made their mark on Black History 2 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2148
1st submarine to sink an enemy warship, the Confederacy's "Hundley" sank 150 years ago (2/17/1864) 0 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2602
Race to save Alaska's lost "melting villages"boosted by major research grant 2 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Feb 2014 4 1866

American History Continued...

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Jubilee Singers' matriarch stepped into greatness 1 mgc1961 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1759
Central America's largest museum of Mayan Culture to be built in Guatemala 3 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2060
African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg Mississippi reopens after tornado damage 0 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2515
Plymouth Rock defaced by vandals 5 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Feb 2014 0 3149
February 4, 1789 (225 years ago) George Washington elected 1st president of United States.... 0 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1838
Exhibit examines role of quilts in US history... 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2304
"Rough Passage to London: a Sea Captain's Tale" historical novel by Robin Lloyd 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2646
"A 2,000-Year-Old Human Skeleton Was Just Unearthed In South Florida" 1 applegrove Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2066
Francis Scott Key poem that became national anthem will join Fort McHenry Flag for 1st time 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2322
Sale of shipwreck salvage from Dominican Republic.... 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 4098
"Discovery of oldest footprints gives clues to Mexico's climate" 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1796
For 20 Years the Nuclear Launch Code at US Minuteman Silos Was 00000000 3 Mosby Nov 2013 Dec 2013 0 2075
TPM Article on JFK assassination on the conspiracies cluster 0 Bucky Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1685
The 'Bill of Rights' Hand Game 4 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2808
Supreme Court Cases For Dummies: US History Review - VIDEO 0 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2069
Today in Peace & Justice history on October 3, 1967 0 spazzmann Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1647
Today in Peace & Justice history on October 1, 1964 0 spazzmann Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1728
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 30, 1965 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1432
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 26, 1909
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1522
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 25, 1957 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1664
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 24, 1969 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1625
Fascinating Movie: The Man Nobody Knew. 2 JDPriestly Jun 2012 Sep 2013 2 2606
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mgc1961 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1782
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 22, 1966 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1642
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 21, 1963 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1553
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 20, 1906
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1465
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 19, 1952 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1497
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 16, 1974
 1 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1703
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 15, 1963 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1474
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 13, 1858 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1450

American History Continued...

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Today in Peace and Justice history on September 10, 1996 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1597
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 9, 1971 1 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1736
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 8, 1965 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1508
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 7, 1957
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1363
RIP PA Republican Gov. Bill Scranton, Radical Progressive by Today's Standard [VIDEO] 1 Counterpoint PA Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1857
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 5, 1882
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1468
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 3, 1838 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1515
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 31, 1974
 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1573
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 30, 1967 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1426
August 30, 1813, Fort Mims, Alabama (Mississippi Territory) 0 Sherman A1 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2012
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 29, 1957 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1470
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 28, 1963 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1447
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 27, 1967 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1481
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 26, 1920
 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1404
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 25, 1969
 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1495
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 24, 1970
 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1486
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 22, 1986 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1391
"150 years later, Quantrill's raid on Lawrence still stirs deep emotions-on both sides" 0 Rowdyboy Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1724
"King of America: Who would be Washington's heir?" 0 Rowdyboy Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 4004
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