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The blog will consist of posts on places, people, events and writings related to American History. Information is derived from a variety of historical sources.
Please note that Events of the day are taken from multiple sites as is and may or may not include links back to those sites.
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“There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice.” Charles de Montesquieu
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Sep 21 min read
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In 1789, the US Treasury Department is founded. In 1782, at Port Royal, South Carolina The Battle of Port Royal Ferry The British were at...
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Sep 22 min read
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Emma Nutt In 1878, Emma M. Nutt of Boston becomes the first woman telephone operator. Prior to that time, most telephone operators had...
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Sep 12 min read
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“Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It...
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Aug 281 min read
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In 1767, Irish-born Hugo Oconór—a major in the Spanish army—became the governor ad interim of Texas. In 1609, English explorer Henry...
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Aug 282 min read
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“The Bible, above all other books, favors that equality among mankind, that respect for just laws, and those sober and frugal virtues...
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Aug 271 min read
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In 1900, U.S. Army physician James Carroll allowed an infected mosquito to feed on him in an attempt to isolate the means of transmission...
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Aug 272 min read
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MA Bay Charter In 1629, English Puritan stockholders of the Massachusetts Bay Company pledged to emigrate to New England under the...
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Aug 263 min read
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“Our history is not a story of perfection. It's a story of imperfect people working toward great ideals. This flawed nation is also a...
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Aug 251 min read
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In 1540, Explorer Hernando de Alarcón travels up the Colorado River In 1718, Hundreds of French colonists arrived in Louisiana, with some...
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Aug 253 min read
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In 1775, King George III’s Proclamation of Rebellion declaring the colonies in “ open and avowed rebellion ,” spurred our Founders to...
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Aug 233 min read
Fort Griffin Historical Site
A few years back, I visited Fort Griffin when I was beginning a calendar project on Historic Forts of Texas that I was doing for a former...
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Aug 222 min read
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“Two things in America are astonishing: the changeableness of most human behavior and the strange stability of certain principles. Men...
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Aug 221 min read
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In 1762, Ann Franklin publishes the Newport Mercury, becoming the first American female editor and publisher and the first woman...
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Aug 222 min read
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Map of Battle of Long Island In 1776, British forces under General William Howe landed on Long Island in Gravesend Bay. Soon, the Battle...
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Aug 213 min read
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"You are not the property of your masters. God never made one human being to be owned by another. Your right to be free, at any moment,...
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Aug 201 min read
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In 1794, U.S. General “Mad” Anthony Wayne defeated the Northwest Indian Confederation in the Battle of Fallen Timbers . In 1619, It is...
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Aug 203 min read
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"The President ought to act under the strongest impulses of rewards and punishments, which are the strongest incentives to human actions....
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Aug 191 min read
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John Proctor Memorial In 1692, four men and one woman were hanged after being convicted of witchcraft at Salem in the Province of...
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Aug 193 min read
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In 1590, John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony (in present-day North Carolina), returned to Roanoke after nearly three...
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Aug 182 min read
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"The great art, therefore, in forming a good constitution appears to be this: so to frame it as those to whom the power is committed...
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Aug 181 min read
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"For one who is bound to obey the will of another is as really a slave though he may have a good master as if he had a bad one; and this...
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Aug 151 min read
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Colonel Thomas Taylor of South Carolina In 1780, At the Battle of Carey’s Fort South Carolina. American Militia Colonel Thomas Taylor...
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Aug 152 min read
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Jay Treaty In 1795, President George Washington signs the Jay (or “Jay’s”) Treaty with Great Britain. This treaty, known officially as...
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Aug 143 min read
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