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Tagged: history

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words at the British Library is unmissable

Medieval Women: In Their Own Words at the British Library is unmissable

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Something to see for those who might be in London before next March. British Library: Medieval Women
This is what streetcars used to look like in Toronto

This is what streetcars used to look like in Toronto

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Derinkuyu: Strange underground city found in man's basement

Derinkuyu: Strange underground city found in man's basement

Via:   •  News Viners  •  5 Comments  •  last year

A common question asked astronauts comes to mind:  how do you go to the bathroom? Certainly not new news by any stretch; Derinkuyu was (re?)discovered in 1963.  Perhaps the tunnel cities in Gaza...
New film on 1506 massacre of Lisbon Jews garners worldwide attention

New film on 1506 massacre of Lisbon Jews garners worldwide attention

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BUZZ NOTE:  There is a YouTube embedded in the article which I believe to be a trailer for the film that can be accessed by clicking on the SEEDED CONTENT link just below this message, which will...
Cutting Point: Solving the Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders

Cutting Point: Solving the Jack the Ripper and the Thames Torso Murders

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The Book was released in 2021.  Call it a cold case file over a century old. Researcher Christer Holmgren put forward his theory on who Jack the Ripper was. Whether you read his book or watch...
'Fascism Comes to America' Review: It's Always Happening Here

'Fascism Comes to America' Review: It's Always Happening Here

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'Popular' Historians Are No Longer Alone in Being Lured by Politics

'Popular' Historians Are No Longer Alone in Being Lured by Politics

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President Ulysses S. Grant Deserves More Respect

President Ulysses S. Grant Deserves More Respect

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'Against All Odds' Review: With Valor, Skill and Luck - WSJ

'Against All Odds' Review: With Valor, Skill and Luck - WSJ

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'The Trials of Harry S. Truman' Review: Giving Them Hell, Getting It Too

'The Trials of Harry S. Truman' Review: Giving Them Hell, Getting It Too

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'Jena 1800' Review: In Germany, a New Dawn of Idealism

'Jena 1800' Review: In Germany, a New Dawn of Idealism

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‘The French Revolution’ Review: Thomas Carlyle’s Masterpiece, Complete

‘The French Revolution’ Review: Thomas Carlyle’s Masterpiece, Complete

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‘It all stands pretty fair in my head, nor do I mean to investigate much more about it, but to splash down what I know, in large masses of colours; that it may look like a smoke-and-flame...
Island Infernos’ Review: Battle of the Beachheads

Island Infernos’ Review: Battle of the Beachheads

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Eighty years ago this month, the American entry into World War II was precipitated by the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. But the ensuing clash in the war’s Pacific theater has long been...
‘Fears of a Setting Sun’ Review: Factions at America’s Founding

‘Fears of a Setting Sun’ Review: Factions at America’s Founding

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As delegates to the Constitutional Convention affixed their signatures to the final document in 1787, Benjamin Franklin fixed his attention on the half-sun carved into the back of the mahogany...
‘Ends of War’ Review: The Myth of Appomattox

‘Ends of War’ Review: The Myth of Appomattox

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When Robert E. Lee surrendered his battered Confederate army to Ulysses S. Grant at Virginia’s Appomattox Court House on Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865, the flames fanning the Civil War were...
The Enigma of Robert E. Lee

The Enigma of Robert E. Lee

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O f  all the American icons that have been pushed off their pedestals lately, none has fallen farther and harder than Robert E. Lee. Over the years, Lee was admired by even those who certainly...
The Struggle and Triumph of America's First Black Doctors

The Struggle and Triumph of America's First Black Doctors

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Confederate Statues Debate: Conservatives Shouldn't Defend Symbols of Secession | National Review

Confederate Statues Debate: Conservatives Shouldn't Defend Symbols of Secession | National Review

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Confederate Monuments Controversy: Democrat-vs.-Democrat Question | National Review

Confederate Monuments Controversy: Democrat-vs.-Democrat Question | National Review

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Coronavirus Pandemic: A Historical Perspective

Coronavirus Pandemic: A Historical Perspective

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VE Day is celebrated in America and Britain

VE Day is celebrated in America and Britain

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