Tag: history
group name: historycanbefun
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June 03, 2007 09:01 PM EDT --
Welcome to all of you. Feel free to post any article of image that would be appropriate content. I look forward to seeing what everyone has in store for this group. Just a couple of things to get out of . . . more
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June 23, 2008 08:23 PM EDT --
I am honored to be hosting a Live Chat with Kenneth Davis on Tuesday June 24 @ 7 PM ET. Kenneth is the author of America's Hidden History among other books. I hope you will . . . more
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October 20, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
Four thousand died
more than a hundred years ago.
Forced to leave their homes
and their land.
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Rich soil, fertile land
It was home to the . . . more
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February 18, 2008 10:07 PM EST --
Abraham Lincoln's summer home has been restored, and is now open to the public.
The house is a part of history, and many fascinating things happened within its walls.
The full story about the . . . more
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June 23, 2008 09:58 PM EDT --
I have been a history buff for as long as I can remember. I think that we could learn a lot from history but as humans, we tend to make the same mistakes over and over.
I will be hosting a live . . . more
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December 19, 2006 08:08 PM EST --
Man always seems interested in poltergeists, so it is of little surprise that even in our modern society they are still the object of . . . more
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June 27, 2008 04:30 AM EDT --
I am a big history buff and have been ever since I can remember. I love to learn the hidden treasures of history that is not taught in history class. It is these hidden treasures that make history . . . more
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July 02, 2007 08:55 PM EDT --
I just began reading a book called "The People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. I tried reading it several times, but put it down because I thought he was "deningrating . . . more
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October 26, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
I chuckled at the news last week that Barack Obama is related to Dick Cheney. The two are eighth cousins, both descended from a Huguenot French ancestor in the 1700’s. A spokesman for Obama . . . more
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June 09, 2007 07:06 PM EDT --
History was made today, after 105 years. Mile and one half race, one female want up against 6 males. At the finish line the female won by a head.
For years in horse racing there has been a . . . more
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October 15, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --
A few thoughts on history that I modestly named after myself.
1. Everything that ever happened almost didn't...and vice versa.
As David McCullough likes to say, "There is no . . . more
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June 02, 2008 10:27 AM EDT --
Why don't we know much about history?
For nearly twenty years, I have been working on that very troublesome question –and trying to solve the problem by writing and talking to people about . . . more
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June 17, 2007 06:17 PM EDT --
This is a vexing question to me, perhaps
because of the enormous hostility a sizable
number of Americans seem to have about
immigrants (again) despite the *fact* that
everyone in the Western hemisphere . . . more
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June 09, 2008 10:50 AM EDT --
In AMERICA'S HIDDEN HISTORY , I tell six separate stories, each of which reveals an "untold tale" that your schoolbooks left out.
These six stories cover a broad range of our history, . . . more
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July 16, 2007 12:41 AM EDT --
I happened upon this site when I was digging through the internet for novel reseach. It's continually updated (last update was this past week) and it's well organized. Be prepared to bookmark it . . . more
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November 15, 2007 12:45 AM EST --
My husband and I were traveling on the interstate going north toward Morgantown WV. We got off the interstate and got into the wrong lane. We had to go up the road a bit to get turned around. It was . . . more
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November 02, 2007 12:14 AM EDT --
HOT TOPICS: Friday , November 2, 2007
These are just some of the 'Hot Topics' in . . . more
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July 21, 2007 05:46 AM EDT --
Ever wonder what things cost in the 19th century? Well, I stumbled upon a site that lists several items from a 1897 copy of the Sears Roebuck catalog.
You can find the site here: 19th Century Prices . . . more
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September 24, 2007 01:05 AM EDT --
Paul Freckler has an extensive and fantastic Victorian photo site. These are all original photos, most are not for sale, some, however are on the market to be bought. Please beware there are post mortem . . . more
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October 15, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
I know I have been posting tons of pictures on historical places! I love showing people the beauty of America. If I traveled outside , I would show that too!
I just hope that I have made you guys want . . . more
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