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Indian Boarding Schools, Six inhumane laws still on the books
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9 years ago
Did you know it is still legal to withhold food and clothing from Indian children who dont attend school? Or that Indian children can be placed in reform schools without parental consent?...
This is the annual Patron Saint day festival in Bavaria
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9 years ago
Wearing full traditional costumes 4,500 Germans in hats adorned with flowers march down a street brandishing rifles and clubs. Then they stop for some schnapps. This is the annual...
For Crimes Committed In October 2007, The US Department of Justice is Trying to Salvage Remains of Blackwater Case
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The team of F.B.I. agents arrived in Iraq to investigate a shooting involving a private company that provided security for Americans in a war zone. It was October 2007, and the name of the...
History Researchers reportedly believe they've found the wreck of Columbus' ship Santa Maria
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9 years ago
History Researchers reportedly believe they've found the wreck of Columbus' ship Santa Maria Published May 13, 2014 FoxNews.com Facebook 388 Twitter 360 Gplus 0 June...
Wreck of Civil War ship commandeered by slave believed found off SC coast
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Published May 14, 2014 FILE: May 2, 2012: A display at the Charleston Museum in Charleston, S.C., shows an 1862 Harpers Weekly article about Robert Smalls and the CSS Planter....
The Highest Loss of Life for the Marine Corps in a Single Day Since D-Day Iwo Jima 1945 - Beirut 1983 - The Face of War
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9 years ago
Did the headline catch your eye? Are you wondering what the hell am I talking about. Well folks, here it is. The suicide bombing of the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, 1983. The hidden story...
Before Wendall Ford was a Senator... And Other Items of Note From the Attic
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He was a 1st Lieutenant in the Owensboro National Guard, and a quartermaster. At some point in 1953, my Grandpa, (Edwyn R. Scherer), who worked at the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, and my...
World War I Love Letters Reach Soldier's Granddaughter 95 Years Later
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World War I Love Letters Reach Soldier's Granddaughter 95 Years Later Talk about a long lost love story for the ages. Letters penned from a World War I soldier in France to his...
70 Years Ago Today, A First Hand Account of Omaha Beach
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9 years ago
UNLIKE what happens to other great battles, the passing of the years and the retelling of the story have softened the horror of Omaha Beach on D Day.This fluke of history is doubly ironic since no...
How many people today remember just how close we came to a Nuclear Disaster here at home?
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Nuclear bomb nearly detonated after falling on North Carolina, declassified report says There are few things in this world that can change the course of history faster than a nuclear bomb...
Self Evident Truths - from Stonekettle Station
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9 years ago
I posted this in its entirety, a Happy fourth of July to All!Self Evident TruthsWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with...
World War I began 100 years ago this month
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Almost everyone is very familiar with WWII due to the hundreds of movies and the fact that most have fathers or grandfathers who fought in that cataclysm. Less well-known but no less interesting is...
Today is International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
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GENEVA The International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples is commemorated annually on 9 August in recognition of the first meeting of the UN Working Group on Indigenous Populations, held...
Researchers say Richard III dined on exotic birds, drank heavily
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Researchers say Richard III dined on exotic birds, drank heavily Feb. 4 2013: The curved spine and other long lost remains of England's King Richard III, missing for 500 years. Richard...
World War I - Week 4 - August 24-30, 1914
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POLITICAL Aug 25 - Austria-Hungary declares war on Japan Aug 26 - Allies take over German colonies in Cameroon and Togoland in west Africa Aug 29 - New Zealand occupies German colony of Samoa...
World War I - Week 5 - August 31-September 6, 1914
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POLITICAL Sep. 1 - Russian capital St. Petersburg renamed Petrograd Sep. 2 - French government abandons Paris, moves to Bordeaux Sep. 5 - Agreement of London - Britain, France, and Russia...
Jack the Ripper unmasked: How amateur sleuth used DNA breakthrough to identify Britain's most notorious criminal 126 years after string of terrible murders
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9 years ago
GUILTY: A DNA sample has proven Polish immigrant Aaron Kosminski was Jack the Ripper Read complete article here:...
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