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"...Hamiltons project...arose from a superabundance of secretions which he could not find Whores..." 2 steve2470 Jun 2017 Jul 2017 4 3755
"10 European Colonies that failed before Jamestown" 7 Rowdyboy May 2013 May 2013 1 6546
"150 years later, Quantrill's raid on Lawrence still stirs deep emotions-on both sides" 0 Rowdyboy Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1686
"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" -- Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 954
"a date which will live in infamy" 8 elleng Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 2552
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 902
"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 508
"Could one man have shortened the Vietnam War?" 0 handmade34 Jul 2013 Jul 2013 2 2038
"Fight for the things that you care about, 1 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 460
"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith 3 elleng Feb 2023 Feb 2023 22 1249
"JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 789
"King of America: Who would be Washington's heir?" 0 Rowdyboy Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 3968
"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding 3 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 899
"Listen, my children, and you shall hear ..." 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 871
"New North America Viking Voyage Discovered" 0 Rowdyboy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 2 1799
"RIP Pearl Harbor survivor Ken Potts who passed away on Friday, one week after his 102nd birthday." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 846
"Segregated By Design" 4 ariadne0614 Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 2021
"The Men Who Built America - Frontiersmen" was infuriatingly bad 5 Freelancer Mar 2018 Mar 2018 5 2880
"The North can't afford to have the mouth of the Mississippi in a foreign country." 4 raccoon Sep 2021 Sep 2021 1 1036
"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 1092
"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" On this day, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 630
"What you learned about the 'first Thanksgiving' isn't true. Here's the real story..." 3 BigmanPigman Nov 2020 Nov 2020 16 2929
"Why the US was (sorta) founded on June 21, 1788" 0 Rowdyboy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 4 1965
"Wounded Knee Massacre" ..Proof we fail to teach about .. genocide of Native Americans. 17 Stuart G May 2021 May 2021 13 2464
🎃 The Poor Man's Pumpkin - Impt. In North America, Europe, Even Rome 🥧 2 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 701
🎄 The Original Christmas Dessert, 18th Century 0 appalachiablue Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 562
📜 SOLD: Rare Copy of US Constitution Up For Auction In NC, Printed in 1787 7 appalachiablue Oct 18 Oct 18 10 489
📺On this day, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 450
🥃 SWITCHEL - 18th c. Energy Drink, Hot Summer Days - Townsends Early American Cooking 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 456
"A 2,000-Year-Old Human Skeleton Was Just Unearthed In South Florida" 1 applegrove Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2032

American History Continued...

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"Discovery of oldest footprints gives clues to Mexico's climate" 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1755
"Earharts Anti-Freckle Cream Jar Possibly Found" 8 Rowdyboy Jun 2012 Jun 2012 22 4952
"History's 'Hatfields amd McCoys' a bleak depiction of famous feud" 8 Rowdyboy May 2012 Jul 2012 1 5364
"J. Edgar" Fails to Deliver the Historical Goods 3 ellisonz Dec 2011 Dec 2011 2 2750
"Red Tails": The Tuskegee Airmen Deserved a Movie That's Not Completely Unwatchable 1 RZM Feb 2012 Feb 2012 0 1978
"Rough Passage to London: a Sea Captain's Tale" historical novel by Robin Lloyd 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2612
"Then there is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant...." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 2118
'Bringing us together': The Ann Richards Legacy Project releases new book 'The One Ann Only.' 1 TexasTowelie Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 1140
'Dollar Princesses': American Women Married British Aristocrats, 1870- 1920, The Gilded Age 12 appalachiablue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1583
'Fala Speech,' FDR Turns His Dog on Dewey, 1944 Campaign, WW2, Wins 4th Term US President 6 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 767
'It was four hundred years ago today that the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, 8 elleng Sep 2020 Oct 2020 7 3014
'Master of the mountain' 1 mgc1961 Oct 2012 Oct 2012 1 1715
'Mid-Mod Quincy' Highlights Midcentury Modern Masterpieces 0 Sherman A1 Oct 2020 Oct 2020 1 1061
'Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll' Exhibit, MET Museum, April 8 - Oct. 1, 2019 0 appalachiablue Apr 2019 Apr 2019 2 1784
'She sails like a bird' ! - Replica French frigate to recreate Lafayette's voyage to US 6 Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 4316
'We the People' Dec. of Indep., Consti., Bill of Rights, Emanc. Proc., Charters of Freedom, Natl Archives 📜 2 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 356
*Alexander Hamilton Died 214 Yrs. Ago; Immigrant, Statesman, Founding Father 2 appalachiablue Jul 2018 Jul 2018 3 2277
--Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1938 3 elleng Jun 2022 Jun 2022 5 865
10 American Masters who made their mark on Black History 2 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2094
10 Things You Didn’t Know About the Fourth of July 1 sarisataka Jul 2012 Jul 2012 1 2634
12 Days Not A Slave, SNL: Emancipation Proclamation 0 appalachiablue Jun 2021 Jun 2021 3 1052
134-year-old Confederate time capsule possibly found under removed Robert E. Lee statue 8 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 9 1608
15 year old lad 2 Bucky Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 614
150 years later, Dakota war wounds still cut deep 0 ellisonz Feb 2012 Feb 2012 2 1672
150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War 20 steve2470 Jun 2013 Jun 2014 21 8278
1567 Spanish fort found in western North Carolina...."Fort San Juan" 1 Rowdyboy Jul 2013 Jul 2013 11 2907
1773 Apple Pie 🥧 Earliest Recipe - 18th Century Cooking 5 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 745
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 1735
1825 Contingent election 0 steve2470 Jul 2012 Jul 2012 0 2325
1876: The Year When Things Went from Bad to Worse for Indians and Blacks 4 ellisonz Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 2878

American History Continued...

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1911 video of New York City (remastered, colorized) 7 steve2470 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 21 1468
1915 Civil War Vets Parade, Grand Army of The Rep. Penn. Ave: 1938 Gettysburg 75th Anniv. 3 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Mar 2021 3 1744
1973 Mass Fire Destroyed Millions of Military Service Records; Families Still Seek Answers More Info 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 760
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 2574
2 New Museums Dedicated To Latino, Womens Histories In DC, Plans Reviewed By Senators 0 appalachiablue Nov 2020 Nov 2020 1 1269
200 Years Ago: February 14, 1813 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1564
200 Years Ago: February 8, 1813 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2013 Feb 2013 0 1863
22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 509
3-D sonar provides new view of Civil War shipwreck 0 Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2013 Jan 2013 0 2380
50 years ago this event took place 4 Koch Ebola Jun 2018 Jun 2018 2 2456
50 years ago, the My Lai massacre shamed the US military 2 Eugene Mar 2018 Mar 2018 3 1872
50 years ago....June 11, 1962 Three prisoners escape from Alcatraz 0 Rowdyboy Jun 2012 Jun 2012 0 3615
54th Mass. African American Regiment, Battle of Ft. Wagner, S.C. July 18, 1863: GLORY Film 1 appalachiablue Sep 2021 Sep 2021 6 1084
66 Years After He Saved a Navy Ship, Another Battle Is Won 0 ellisonz Jan 2012 Jan 2012 1 1779
69 years ago (6/22/1944) modern American culture began when the GI bill was signed... 0 Rowdyboy Jun 2013 Jun 2013 3 1693
7 Black Americans Express Their Rage In The 1960s 1 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 5 1200
7 Forgotten but extremely influential women from (American) history.... 4 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Mar 2018 5 6234
80% of St. Louis County homes built by 1950 have racial covenants, researcher finds 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 5 1065
80th Anniversary of the SS Morro Castle Disaster 0 Number9Dream Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 1979
8th grade exam for students in Bullitt County, Kentucky from 1912 2 littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 742
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