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New books centers on "Buffalo Soldiers", runaway slaves recruited in US southwest 2 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jul 2017 3 2217

"...Hamiltons project...arose from a superabundance of secretions which he could not find Whores..." 2 steve2470 Jun 2017 Jul 2017 4 3938

Amelia Earhart mystery: Photo appears taken 2 years before pilot vanished. 2 Cattledog Jul 2017 Jul 2017 0 2548

How the East Was Won: A Photographic Portrait 0 elleng Jul 2017 Jul 2017 3 2695

The "second Cold War" and Cold War 2.0 0 Democrats_win Jun 2017 Jun 2017 1 1827

Six Nazi spies were executed in D.C. White supremacists gave them a memorial - on federal land. 1 Eugene Jun 2017 Jun 2017 5 2860

Political Correctness? 4 srcameron Jun 2017 Jun 2017 7 4070

Age of living presidents 0 Kaleva Jun 2017 Jun 2017 2 4631

US navy hopes cannon found by divers is from wreck of the USS Revenge 0 Eugene Jun 2017 Jun 2017 4 4971

The US war with Germany officially lasted about 10 years. 4 Kaleva Jun 2017 Jun 2017 0 5458

Anyone else think that since 9/11 police and military are automatically considereed "heroes" 5 captain queeg May 2017 May 2017 2 2874

A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces. Head-Scratching Ensues. 1 elleng Apr 2017 Apr 2017 15 8775

TAFT CAUSES HOTEL DELUGE (caps in original at NY Times) 2 steve2470 Mar 2015 Mar 2017 2 2926

On September 17, 1861, President Lincoln imprisoned one third of the Maryland General Assembly 2 steve2470 Mar 2017 Mar 2017 5 4340

I wonder how Comrade tRump is going to F*** up Womens History month? 4 samnsara Mar 2017 Mar 2017 4 1943

Was Mary Todd Lincoln Driven ‘Mad’ by a Vitamin Deficiency? 1 elleng Jul 2016 Feb 2017 0 1958

How do you move history? "Battle of Atlanta" cyclorama--fascinating!! 2 niyad Feb 2017 Feb 2017 2 1799

The Many U.S. Presidents Before George Washington. 6 Agnosticsherbet Apr 2016 Jan 2017 1 2855

“Maybe that’s why my vegetables taste funny,” 1 Kali Sep 2016 Dec 2016 5 2201

Just watched the movie "The Patriot," and out of curiosity looked up a British view of 18 GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 Dec 2016 6 8391

February 25, 1870 First African American Senator 5 Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 Dec 2016 4 3242

I rarely do this, but I am going to recommend a book... Pls see : 2 dixiegrrrrl Feb 2016 Jul 2016 8 2396

{16th-Century Spanish} Santa Elena fort found {on Parris Island, SC} after decades-long search 0 eppur_se_muova Jul 2016 Jul 2016 1 1667

This map predicted how Japan would attack the US during World War II 4 steve2470 May 2016 Jul 2016 5 2812

Ralph Lincoln 2 rug Nov 2014 Jul 2016 2 2608

think about it 3 SheriffBob Jul 2016 Jul 2016 2 2221

The Legacy of 1776: A Conversation with William Daniels and Lin-Manuel Miranda 2 elleng Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 3745

The Know-Nothing Party, the 1920s KKK, and elements of the Tea Party: historical parallels? 5 YoungDemCA Aug 2015 Mar 2016 6 4082

Throwback Thursday: Dubuque obscenity debate draws national attention 1 47of74 Mar 2016 Mar 2016 2 2304

Unpublished Black History 0 Agnosticsherbet Feb 2016 Feb 2016 4 2980

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The U.S. Government Turned Away Thousands of Jewish Refugees, Fearing That They Were Nazi Spies 5 jakeXT Nov 2015 Feb 2016 2 2791

Questions about indentured servants in the Southern colonies 6 YoungDemCA May 2014 Jan 2016 1 4432

Social Security: Summary of Major Changes in the Cash Benefits Program 1 Agnosticsherbet Nov 2015 Nov 2015 2 2512

Why the GOP is ideologically no longer the Party of Lincoln 1 Jnew28 Sep 2015 Oct 2015 0 3014

Blood done sign my name 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 1 1779

Lynching in America: A documentary history 0 struggle4progress Sep 2015 Sep 2015 2 1833

Murder and Mayhem: The War of Reconstruction in Texas 0 struggle4progress Aug 2015 Aug 2015 2 2317

A Rivalry of Cousins: Eleanor Roosevelt and Alice Roosevelt 4 no_hypocrisy Sep 2014 Aug 2015 3 2614

Presidents wth no living direct descendants 5 Kaleva Aug 2014 Aug 2015 3 7547

July 4th - It's Louis XVI we're celebrating with the tallship HERMIONE... 0 Surya Gayatri Jul 2015 Jul 2015 1 2386

June 23, 1865: Last Confederate General in the field, Brig. Gen. Stan Watie, a Cherokee, surrenders… 0 Journeyman Jun 2015 Jun 2015 4 3425

This message was self-deleted by its author 0 Sherman A1 Jun 2015 Jun 2015 1 1589

The history of African Americans begins in St Augustine 5 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 May 2015 5 2900

February 9, 1825 "Corrupt Bargain": United States presidential election, 1824 0 steve2470 May 2015 May 2015 1 1817

"Then there is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant...." 2 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2015 Apr 2015 2 2305

'She sails like a bird' ! - Replica French frigate to recreate Lafayette's voyage to US 6 Surya Gayatri Apr 2015 Apr 2015 4 4579

Here someone posted a copy of the NY Times from 70 years ago. 0 rgbecker Mar 2015 Mar 2015 0 1814

Why did the antebellum Northern factory owners not want to have slaves working in their factories? 2 raccoon Jan 2015 Feb 2015 1 9432

WTD... It's a great day to be a Duck 0 WheelWalker Jan 2015 Jan 2015 0 1677

The Preamble in other languages 1 47of74 Aug 2014 Dec 2014 0 2119

Which former President's crypt was robbed and the body lost to history? 2 Kaleva Nov 2014 Dec 2014 1 2077

The "Strange Fruit" was often female 1 Godot51 Mar 2014 Nov 2014 5 2588

Denver Students Walk Out In Protest Of Conservative Takeover Of Curriculum 1 jakeXT Sep 2014 Nov 2014 3 1853

How an African slave helped Boston fight smallpox 3 MADem Nov 2014 Nov 2014 3 2324

Movie censorship is OK: 1915 SCOTUS Mutual Film Corporation v. Industrial Commission of Ohio 1 steve2470 Feb 2014 Oct 2014 1 2471

General Jean Victor Marie Moreau 0 Kaleva Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2382

War of the Regulation (1765-1771 in NC and SC) 1 steve2470 Sep 2014 Sep 2014 4 2179

80th Anniversary of the SS Morro Castle Disaster 0 Number9Dream Sep 2014 Sep 2014 0 2092

While I'm not exactly wild about the DAR, having noticed an apparent preponderance 7 IrishAyes Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 3249

There is history everywhere. 5 rug Dec 2013 Jul 2014 0 2511

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Crowd of nearly 10,000 gathered at civil rights event in Lexington (KY) in 1867 1 theHandpuppet Jul 2014 Jul 2014 3 1937

Ironic: Republican Horace Greeley may be said to have subsidized Karl Marx's 2 JDPriestly Jun 2014 Jul 2014 2 3903

150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War 20 steve2470 Jun 2013 Jun 2014 21 8898

Grant and Sherman made plan at Burnet House that ended Civil War 0 theHandpuppet Jun 2014 Jun 2014 2 2421

I had never heard of Reverend George Lee and Lamar Smith until today. 0 raccoon Jun 2014 Jun 2014 1 2246

Meritocracy vs Aristocracy in the time of the founders. (dropped in GD, cross posted here) 1 Ed Suspicious May 2014 May 2014 0 1826

The Mammoth Cometh: Reviving an extinct species-the Passenger Pigeon 0 Rowdyboy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 1 2525

Infamous mass grave of young women in ancient city of Cahokia also holds men.... 0 Rowdyboy Mar 2014 Mar 2014 2 2994

10 American Masters who made their mark on Black History 2 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 2 2241

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 2668

Race to save Alaska's lost "melting villages"boosted by major research grant 2 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Feb 2014 4 1923

Jubilee Singers' matriarch stepped into greatness 1 mgc1961 Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1812

Central America's largest museum of Mayan Culture to be built in Guatemala 3 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 2144

African American Military History Museum in Hattiesburg Mississippi reopens after tornado damage 0 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 0 2579

Plymouth Rock defaced by vandals 5 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Feb 2014 0 3240

February 4, 1789 (225 years ago) George Washington elected 1st president of United States.... 0 Rowdyboy Feb 2014 Feb 2014 1 1893

Exhibit examines role of quilts in US history... 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2359

"Rough Passage to London: a Sea Captain's Tale" historical novel by Robin Lloyd 0 Rowdyboy Jan 2014 Jan 2014 0 2726

"A 2,000-Year-Old Human Skeleton Was Just Unearthed In South Florida" 1 applegrove Jan 2014 Jan 2014 1 2160

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