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Custer Was an Idiot: Part 3, The Beginning of the End. By Bruce Tarleton
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History & Sociology
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8 years ago
Lieutenant Varnum, commander of the Scout Division of Custer’s force peered westward in the direction his Crow scouts indicated. He was on a peek now called the Crow’s Nest, in the Wolf...
Custer Was an Idiot by Bruce Tarleton Parts One and Two.(repost by request)
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History & Sociology
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8 years ago
And Benteen and Reno were pussies. Perhaps part of my integrity is tied to my Native American blood. (My great grandmother was full blooded Cherokee). Native Americans did not know...
Indian Slavery Once Thrived in New Mexico. Latinos Are Finding Family Ties to It.
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History & Sociology
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8 years ago
ALBUQUERQUE — Lenny Trujillo made a startling discovery when he began researching his descent from one of New Mexico’s pioneering Hispanic families: One of his ancestors was a slave. “I...
The First Black Airmen to Fly Across America
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8 years ago
They took off with $25 and a dream. On an early June night at Woodlands High School in Hartsdale, New York, the cafeteria is jammed. A noisy crowd of at least 200 has shown up. They’re here...
It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech
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8 years ago
For most of modern history, the easiest way to block the spread of an idea was to keep it from being mechanically disseminated. Shutter the newspaper, pressure the broadcast chief, install an...
Why Are American Prisons So Afraid of This Book?
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8 years ago
In the eight years since its publication, “The New Jim Crow,” a book by Michelle Alexander that explores the phenomenon of mass incarceration, has sold well over a million copies, been compared...
This Tiny French Archipelago Became America’s Alcohol Warehouse During Prohibition
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8 years ago
The tiny islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon—cold, fogbound and windswept specks in the North Atlantic midway between New York City and Greenland—lie far closer to polar bears and icebergs than...
Discovery of Unknown Ancient Population Changes Our Understanding of How North America Was Settled
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History & Sociology
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8 years ago
She died 11,500 years ago at the tender age of six weeks in what is now the interior of Alaska. Dubbed “Sunrise Girl-child” by the local indigenous people, the remains of the Ice Age...
Thoughtful Discourse in the Age of the Social Justice Warrior
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9 years ago
Very interesting! I believe this podcast first aired back in August or September and there are others featuring the same experts. I think those with a desire for rational, reasonable and...
Must-Reads of 2017: Debunking Southern Mythmaking
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9 years ago
Virginia, the home of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, has four statues on public lands celebrating patriots of the American Revolution and seven honoring heroes of World...
Unique Journey: From WWII veteran to golf champ, Perry Johnson now lives quiet life of retirement
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9 years ago
Amidst the rows of homes in a local housing development, a small golf putting green sits in the backyard like many homes, but unlike some, therein lives a World War II veteran who worked hard at...
The Most Notorious Poet in 18th Century America Was An Enslaved Teenager You’ve Never Heard Of
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9 years ago
Phyllis, or Phillis, Wheatley was the first black person and one of the first women to publish a book in America. Her work was read and admired by the likes of George Washington, but her talent...
How Industrial Espionage Started America’s Cotton Revolution
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9 years ago
With technical know-how and entrepreneurial spirit, Samuel Slater helped build early American industry–becoming rich and famous along the way. Slater bailed on the English and came to America...
The Thibodaux Massacre Left 60 African-Americans Dead and Spelled the End of Unionized Farm Labor in the South for Decades
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9 years ago
In 1887, African-American cane workers in Louisiana attempted to organize—and many paid with their lives On November 23, 1887, a mass shooting of African-American farm workers in Louisiana...
Amazon or Independence Hall? - Development v. Preservation in the City of Philadelphia
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History & Sociology
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9 years ago
In hindsight: A history of Independence Hall offers an illustrative example of how old buildings and open spaces are not always ripe sites for development. Detail of north elevation of...
Pearl Harbor Day Facts 2017: 76 Years Since Japan's Attack On US
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9 years ago
Thursday marks the 76th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941. The attack in Hawaii claimed more than 2,400 American lives and...
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