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“What If You Knew Her and Found Her Dead on the Ground?”

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 25 Jul 23

There are places I’ve been that have brought history home to me in such a powerful way that all I could do was cry. The Vietnam Wall, the Oklahoma City Memorial, and the Flight 93 Memorial are some of them. This morning I added...

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“We Don’t (Usually) Burn Our Draft Cards Down on Main Street”

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 2 May 22

One of the big answers to the “counter-culture” of the late 1960s was Merle Haggard’s hit “Okie From Muskogee.” It’s so iconic it was referenced in a movie (“I don’t want some ‘Okie From Muskogee,’ I can get that here!” in [i]An...

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green corn rebellion

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On This Thursday : Connecticut "The Fundamental Orders" is written

AmberLynn @ScribbledAdNauseum (104615) • United States 24 Jan 19

In 1639 representatives from three Connecticut towns band together to write what would be the New World's First Constitution. Some dispute this fact, saying that The Mayflower Compact , written 20 years earlier, has that...

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The Molasses Flood of 1919

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 15 Jan 19

In many ways, it sounds more like the plot of a sitcom or horror movie than fact. But it is fact, a tragic fact...and it happened one hundred years ago today. On January 15, 1919, a catastrophic collapse of a steel tank holding...

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Review of 'America's First Daughter'

Deborah-Diane @DeborahDiane (40848) • Laguna Woods, California 5 Sep 18

If you enjoy reading biographies, I highly recommend "America's First Daughter." My book club read it a few months ago and, after I read it, my husband did, as well. Everyone I know enjoyed the book immensely. If you have...

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Reflecting on 1968

Four Walls @FourWalls (86765) • United States 6 Apr 18

In 1968 I learned a lot of words that eight-year-olds shouldn't know: "curfew," "race riots," etc. It was 50 years ago this week that Reverend Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel in Memphis. I...

political assassinations

political unrest

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US History - different perspectives...

miamilady @miamilady (4910) • United States 21 Aug 09

I had to stop for just a moment to decide if I wanted to post this here in politics or if I should perhaps, just post it under "school". Is there an interested here in myLot titled "history"? If so, I haven't seen...

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Top Ten Presidents

bgerig @bgerig (1258) • United States 17 Feb 08

A new poll conducted by Harris Interactive and released this weekend in conjunction with President's Day tomorrow came up with the top ten admired/recommended/'best' presidents. Here is their list: 1 - Abraham Lincoln 2 - Ronald...

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United States Civil War 1860-1865

gberlin @gberlin (3836) 14 Mar 07

Besides slavery what were some other causes for the United States Civil War?

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Who was the 1st non-white male U.S. Presidential contender?

Webrage @Webrage (47) • United States 11 Jan 07

Throughout the U.S. history, it was all white male who held U.S. Presidency. However, this can't but change down the road. Is America as a whole ready to disregard the race, religion and gender when voting for her President? I...

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Madison????

BlackEagle @BlackEagle (84) • Ghana 21 Sep 06

Who is President Madison in U.S history????

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