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Collector who bought Jesse James picture for just £7 on eBay told it could be worth £2 million
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History & Sociology
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6 years ago
A collector has hit the jackpot after being told that an old photograph he picked up on eBay for just £7 was a genuine portrait of infamous Wild West outlaw Jesse James, worth up to £2...
Eleanor Roosevelt and the Soviet Sniper (Lyudmila Pavlichenko know as Lady Death)
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History & Sociology
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6 years ago
The Russian army had 2,000 female snipers in WWII. Also known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia. Of that 2,000 only 500 survived the war. One of the was Lyudmila Pavlichenko who was credited...
The Little-Known Story of the Night Witches, an All-Female Force in WWII
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History & Sociology
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6 years ago
The Little-Known Story of the Night Witches, an All-Female Force in WWII ERIC GRUNDHAUSER JUNE 25, 2015 1:55 PM Night Witches from the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Avation...
When Cadets At The US Air Force Academy Realized Their Janitor Was Medal Of Honor War Hero
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History & Sociology
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6 years ago
Perhaps it was the way he carried himself in an unassuming and humble manner, but day after day hundreds of Air Force Academy cadets would pass this janitor in the hall oblivious to the greatness...
Custer Was an Idiot: Part 3, The Beginning of the End. By Bruce Tarleton
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History & Sociology
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6 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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6 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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6 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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6 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
Via: bob-nelson
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History & Sociology
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6 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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History & Sociology
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6 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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6 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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6 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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History & Sociology
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7 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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7 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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History & Sociology
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7 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...
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