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Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 2 Jun 17

The News Is So Disturbing Around the world, so many things are happening to disturb our lives. I actually hate to listen to the news anymore. Things are so different from when I grew up. The Vietnam War was part of my growing...

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Let's Talk About Antietam!

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 23 Mar 17

I’m in a ranting mood tonight. The Battle of Antietam, or the Battle of Sharpsburg, Maryland was the “first field army-level engagement in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War that was fought on UNION soil,” and also...

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Geography Facts

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 14 Jan 17

Not everyone likes Geography. And these facts are not what you would find in a Geography book necessarily. It’s just a few FUN facts that might be of interest to you. I just heard recently that the largest McDonald’s Restaurant...

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Comic Review- Archie Goodwin - Aftermath

Arthur Chappell @arthurchappell (44941) • Preston, England 21 May 16

1965 - Blazing Combat - Spoiler alerts A very grizzly US Civil War story of enormous power as a general anti-war statement. A Southern soldier finds himself alone as his platoon is decimated around him. He expects to die too at...

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Did the Union commit war crimes against the Confederacy?

Ronald Franklin @RonElFran (1214) • Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 13 Nov 15

As the Civil War progressed, the Union became more and more committed to destroying anything its armies came upon that could be used to support Confederate forces. That's why, for example, when General William Tecumseh Sherman...

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Gone with the Wind. Did it influenced your political/historical opinions?

spicymary @spicymary (558) • Romania 15 Jan 13

It's hard not to like the story of Scarlett O'Hara and Rhett Butler. She is a brave and witty woman, who can seduce everybody (except the one she thinks she likes). He is self-confident man, with a lot of charm. Great characters...

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History rediscovered?

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 30 Dec 10

It is reported that a six line message dated July 4, 1863 which was sent in a bottle to a Confederate General during the siege of Vicksburg in the American Civil War, has finally been deciphered after 147 years by a retired CIA...

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Did you know .. (Fathers day)?

porkpie182 @porkpie182 (261) 18 Jun 07

did you know that fathers day was first celebrated on 19th June 1910 basically it was held in honour of American Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, Int he roman catholic tradition Fathers day is celebrated on St Josephs day,...

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Something to stop racists in their tracks..

fightingistheonlyway @fightingistheonlyway (2658) • Canada 16 Jun 07

1. race is a modern idea. the ancients did not divide people by physical differences 2. race has no genetic basis. there is no characteristic trait or gene that distinguishes members of one so called race from another so called...

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lets start a never ending story to make money

Elusive @Elusive (285) • United States 29 May 07

ok people let us start a story, your all writers so continuing it should be to hard, and if we all post good long sections i am sure we could get some cash off it so here we go john was your average irishman, the only...

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For Writers: Have You Ever Been Accused That Your Story is too "Strong"

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 23 May 07

Okay here's what I mean by "strong"--actually I mean the word graphic...One of my favorite short stories that I have written has the American Civil War as the background--its twenty-five pages long, and believe it or not I'm doing...

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What is the oldest piece of memorabilia of your family do you have?

pyewacket @pyewacket (43903) • United States 5 May 07

I was just wondering if some of you are fortunate to have old keepsakes belonging to past members of your family...your grandparents, great-grandparents, or...even older. There were so many keepsakes an items of my family that...

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there is some strange facts

hemalover @hemalover (829) • Egypt 26 Apr 07

this is some strange facts 1_38% of american eat breakfast everyday 2_850 peanuts are needed to make an 18 oz. jar of peanut butter 3_95% of the entire lemon crop produced in the U.S is califorina and Arizona 4_a comman drink...

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My trip to Lynchburg and Apomattox

luintaurien @luintaurien (972) • United States 23 Mar 07

I went to Lynchburg for class last week. While I was there I got lost 3 diferent times. Once I ended up on the road to Appomatox and the Appomattox courthouse. If you know American Civil war history, this is where the final treaty...

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Do You Have A Hunger For Knowledge?

villageanne @villageanne (8553) • United States 15 Feb 07

I was reading the Feb 15th copy of The Wall Street Journal about continuing ones education. I goes into great detail about all the online classes that are now available for free from many universities. I was amazed at the list of...

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Bush is a hero and the War on Terror is the best thing to ever happen to America

Radicalpatriot @Radicalpatriot (665) • United States 11 Feb 07

It is a simple choice: Would you rather have our troops facing off against the enemy overseas, or in your own back yard? Yes, the war in Iraq costs money, but it will end up being an excellent long-term investment for not only...

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2nd American Civil War! Which side do you choose?

avonrep1 @avonrep1 (1862) • United States 8 Feb 07

Okay this is a hypthetical question. The United States is in conflict. President Bush has turned our country into a dictatorship, Which starts a civil war. Do you side with the goverment or with you fellow American? If you side...

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If you could time travel back into history, where would you go and why?

cher913 @cher913 (25781) • Canada 8 Feb 07

I am a self confessed history FANATIC. I lay in bed at night thinking of where i would like to go in history (history is the kind of subject you either love or hate):-) I would like to travel back to the middle ages, the turn...

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Comments on...the Civil War

msbyte @msbyte (219) • United States 1 Feb 07

First, isn't it amazing that we call wars within countries "Civil Wars"? TO me the most uncivil war is one in which brother and sister must fight against one another. Not that any war is more or less civil than another, as none of...

Smokers v's Non-Smokers...

Script @Script (592) • Australia 21 Jan 07

Do you think it's possible for the next American Civil War will be between the smokers and non-smokers? I thought I'd ask the question seeming there are so many 'lively' debates on smoking here! And the debaters are very...

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