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Americans R Us by STEPHEN A CARTER 4/14/2015 4:37:54 PM
A first of its kind, this unique book of Americana contains 100 short poems, prose and pictures that covers the period 1776 to 1976 and pulls no punches. Although there are 1000’s of examples of Americana, this book contains the essence of America ra... more
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Thomas Jefferson Office of Vestryman by Jayne D'Alessandro-Cox 3/26/2015 2:50:13 AM
http://www.jaynedalessandrocox.com/#!Thomas-Jefferson-and-the-Office-of-Vestryman-/c7pa/1... more
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Thomas Jefferson Era Weddings by Jayne D'Alessandro-Cox 3/26/2015 2:40:48 AM
As I write this blog, it's wedding season all around me. Hotels, churches, temples, multi-purpose centers and back yards populated with folding chair and gazebos are teeming with wedding party after wedding party.
And, while fashions, mus... more
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Thomas Jefferson's Massive Book Donation by Jayne D'Alessandro-Cox 3/26/2015 2:38:24 AM
http://www.jaynedalessandrocox.com/#!Americas-Library-Thomas-Jeffersons-Massive-Book-Donation-and-the-Creation-of-the-Library-of-Congress/c7pa/A018AAE1-8D8A-47F2-A11A-9633FE8E4620... more
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The Homestead's Jefferson Pools by Jayne D'Alessandro-Cox 3/26/2015 2:33:21 AM
http://www.jaynedalessandrocox.com/#!blog/caeq... more
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Emissary’s 1963 Discussions With Castro Illuminate Motives Of JFK’s Killers by Tim Fleming 12/30/2014 8:20:51 AM
The New Republic recently reprinted a riveting article written by journalist Jean Daniel describing his conversations with Fidel Castro the very week of JFK’s assassination. Daniel had been sent to Cuba on a secret mission at the behest of President ... more
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22nd by Robert A. Mills 11/22/2014 5:43:49 PM
Stephen Grover Cleveland was the first (and only) President of the United States we have ever had who served two non-sequential terms as president—the 22nd and 24th--interrupted once by Benjamin Harrison, a Republican, as the 23rd..
Clevelan... more
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Why Black History Matters Part 2 by Zhana Books 10/30/2014 4:04:50 AM
Further to what I said in Part 1, I think there are two main benefits to gaining knowledge about our history.
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Why Black History Matters by Zhana Books 10/27/2014 4:26:38 AM
As October is Black History Month/African Heritage Month in the UK, I have been posting lots of Black history events - even more than usual - on Nurture Success Events. ... more
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U.S Boots On The Ground by Bill Flynn 9/11/2014 8:52:41 AM
Boots on the ground or blood in the sand?... more
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BIRDS by Robert A. Mills 9/6/2014 8:02:08 AM
My good wife reminded me yesterday that I had met and interviewed her in her dressing room at the Town and Country Dinner Theater many years ago — the comedienne/chanteuse Joan Rivers. She had passed away a couple days ago, and I had completely forg... more
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USSR by Robert A. Mills 8/16/2014 6:44:52 AM
An American named Lewis Carpenter was hired earlier the last century to teach English at a school near the town of Poprad in the region formerly known as Czechoslovakia in central Europe. Carpenter was from a little Bohemian village called Fr... more
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HANDS by Robert A. Mills 8/9/2014 6:28:41 AM
I have often been compared to a, say Doris Kerns Goodwin, for my enthusiasm for study and knowledge of our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln (let me hasten with the admission I don’t even have the credentials to wipe her pens clean); and if no mention ... more
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Black People in the First World War by Zhana Books 8/5/2014 3:13:40 AM
As in so many areas, the history of Black people in the First World War is often marginalised, neglected or ignored. The First World War changed the identity of African Americans. ... more
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BICHON by Robert A. Mills 7/30/2014 7:54:06 AM
Sam is an animal we will never forget. A Bichon Frise (bee-shon freh-zay, accents on the ‘SHON’ and ‘ZAY’) that will always have a home — and plenty to eat — so long as there are hearts that beat. This is the story of the day he was acquired — Satu... more
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The moonwalk 1968 by Lucille Bellucci 7/25/2014 8:54:01 AM
Slightly late but faithfully marked... more
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The past was once someone's present... by Kalikiano Kalei 7/22/2014 4:42:09 PM
A few thoughts on historical reenactment and the human tendency to be unsatisfied with the present realities of an imperfect world, choosing instead to dwell in the past (so to speak). The present is always beset with difficulties, so it is ... more
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Koch Family Exposed As John Birchers And JFK Haters by Tim Fleming 7/11/2014 7:09:32 AM
If you watched, as I did, the glut of JFK assassination documentaries this past November, you must have wondered why none of them built the case for a conspiracy, despite a mountain of evidence indicating that JFK was murdered by a secret cabal ... more
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FAME by Robert A. Mills 7/2/2014 8:38:37 AM
Kathy Whitmore, an LPGA Hall of Famer, called me up when she was in town with a couple buddies a week or so ago. “Who is this?” I asked. “Kathy Whitmore.” I was told. “Oh. You must want my wife. She’s at 770-***-****. This is 770... more
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Flying the LCAP Way and Killing JFK by Tim Fleming 6/28/2014 10:43:30 AM
One of the overlooked elements of the plot to kill JFK was the unusual number of Louisiana Civil Air Patrol graduates in the 1950s who had ties to the assassination. This article explores LCAP's sinister ties to the CIA and the murder of President K... more
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