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Why the GOP is ideologically no longer the Party of Lincoln 1 Jnew28 Sep 2015 Oct 2015 0 2970
Blood done sign my name 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1753
Lynching in America: A documentary history 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1804
Murder and Mayhem: The War of Reconstruction in Texas 0 struggle4progress Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 2293
A Rivalry of Cousins: Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt 4 no_hypocrisy Sep 2014 Aug 2015 3 2558
Presidents wth no living direct descendants 5 Kaleva Aug 2014 Aug 2015 3 7494
July 4th - It's Louis XVI we're celebrating with the tallship HERMIONE... 0 Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2355
June 23, 1865: Last Confederate General in the field, Brig. Gen. Stan Watie, a Cherokee, surrenders… 0 Journeyman Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 3384
This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1560
The history of African Americans begins in St Augustine 5 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 May 2015 5 2859
February 9, 1825 "Corrupt Bargain": United States presidential election, 1824 0 steve2470 May 2015 May 2015 1 1784
"Then there is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant...." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 2235
'She sails like a bird' ! - Replica French frigate to recreate Lafayette's voyage to US 6 Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 4504
Here someone posted a copy of the NY Times from 70 years ago. 0 rgbecker Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1779
Why did the antebellum Northern factory owners not want to have slaves working in their factories? 2 raccoon Jan 2015 Feb 2015 1 9402
WTD... It's a great day to be a Duck 0 WheelWalker Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1653
The Preamble in other languages 1 47of74 Aug 2014 Dec 2014 0 2081
Which former President's crypt was robbed and the body lost to history? 2 Kaleva Nov 2014 Dec 2014 1 2042
The "Strange Fruit" was often female 1 Godot51 Mar 2014 Nov 2014 5 2553
Denver Students Walk Out In Protest Of Conservative Takeover Of Curriculum 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Nov 2014 3 1814
How an African slave helped Boston fight smallpox 3 MADem Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2293
Movie censorship is OK: 1915 SCOTUS Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio 1 steve2470 Feb 2014 Oct 2014 1 2437
General Jean Victor Marie Moreau 0 Kaleva Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2352
War of the Regulation (1765-1771 in NC and SC) 1 steve2470 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2150
80th Anniversary of the SS Morro Castle Disaster 0 Number9Dream Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2052
While I'm not exactly wild about the DAR, having noticed an apparent preponderance 7 IrishAyes Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3149
There is history everywhere. 5 rug Dec 2013 Jul 2014 0 2463
Crowd of nearly 10,000 gathered at civil rights event in Lexington (KY) in 1867 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1889
Ironic: Republican Horace Greeley may be said to have subsidized Karl Marx's 2 JDPriestly Jun 2014 Jul 2014 2 3821
150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War 20 steve2470 Jun 2013 Jun 2014 21 8697

American History Continued...

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Grant and Sherman made plan at Burnet House that ended Civil War 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2399
I had never heard of Reverend George Lee and Lamar Smith until today. 0 raccoon Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2201
Meritocracy vs Aristocracy in the time of the founders. (dropped in GD, cross posted here) 1 Ed Suspicious May 2014 May 2014 0 1798
The Mammoth Cometh: Reviving an extinct species-the Passenger Pigeon 0 Rowdyboy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2501
Infamous mass grave of young women in ancient city of Cahokia also holds men.... 0 Rowdyboy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2969
10 American Masters who made their mark on Black History 2 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2177
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 2633
Race to save Alaska's lost "melting villages"boosted by major research grant 2 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Feb 2014 4 1890
Jubilee Singers' matriarch stepped into greatness 1 mgc1961 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1780
Central America's largest museum of Mayan Culture to be built in Guatemala 3 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2101
African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg Mississippi reopens after tornado damage 0 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2546
Plymouth Rock defaced by vandals 5 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Feb 2014 0 3190
February 4, 1789 (225 years ago) George Washington elected 1st president of United States.... 0 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1864
Exhibit examines role of quilts in US history... 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2328
"Rough Passage to London: a Sea Captain's Tale" historical novel by Robin Lloyd 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2676
"A 2,000-Year-Old Human Skeleton Was Just Unearthed In South Florida" 1 applegrove Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2106
Francis Scott Key poem that became national anthem will join Fort McHenry Flag for 1st time 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2353
Sale of shipwreck salvage from Dominican Republic.... 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 10 4151
"Discovery of oldest footprints gives clues to Mexico's climate" 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 1847
For 20 Years the Nuclear Launch Code at US Minuteman Silos Was 00000000 3 Mosby Nov 2013 Dec 2013 0 2138
TPM Article on JFK assassination on the conspiracies cluster 0 Bucky Nov 2013 Nov 2013 1 1719
The 'Bill of Rights' Hand Game 4 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 3 2888
Supreme Court Cases For Dummies: US History Review - VIDEO 0 Tx4obama Oct 2013 Oct 2013 2 2097
Today in Peace & Justice history on October 3, 1967 0 spazzmann Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1682
Today in Peace & Justice history on October 1, 1964 0 spazzmann Oct 2013 Oct 2013 0 1757
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 30, 1965 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1456
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 26, 1909
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1548
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 25, 1957 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1703
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 24, 1969 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1656
Fascinating Movie: The Man Nobody Knew. 2 JDPriestly Jun 2012 Sep 2013 2 2660

American History Continued...

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This message was self-deleted by its author 0 mgc1961 Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1806
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 22, 1966 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1679
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 21, 1963 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1576
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 20, 1906
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1496
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 19, 1952 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1528
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 16, 1974
 1 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1738
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 15, 1963 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1500
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 13, 1858 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1479
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 10, 1996 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1653
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 9, 1971 1 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1796
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 8, 1965 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1545
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 7, 1957
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1394
RIP PA Republican Gov. Bill Scranton, Radical Progressive by Today's Standard [VIDEO] 1 Counterpoint PA Sep 2013 Sep 2013 3 1911
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 5, 1882
 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1504
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 3, 1838 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1551
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 31, 1974
 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1607
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 30, 1967 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1459
August 30, 1813, Fort Mims, Alabama (Mississippi Territory) 0 Sherman A1 Aug 2013 Aug 2013 1 2063
Today in Peace and Justice history on August 29, 1957 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1507
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