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• in Politics
  Robert Caro Needs a Copy Editor and a Producer for his Footnotes
  Robert Caro's new LBJ book is great; but it deserves more work.
  by wac6 / on Jun 11, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “us history”

 

• Final book in World War II trilogy grim, depressing — and a terrific read

  
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  By Glenn Garvin ggarvin@MiamiHerald.com May 10, 2013 The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe 1944-1945. Rick Atkinson. holt. 896 pages.$40. I’ve never felt such an overwhelming compulsion to plagiarize. But there’s no better way to describe  The Guns at Last Light  — the final volume of ...
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• Book review: ‘The Guns at Last Light: The War in Western Europe, 1944-1945’ by Rick Atkinson

  
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  By Gerard DeGroot http://www.washingtonpost.com May 10, 2013 Lt. Gen. Alexander Patch’s exploits as commander of the Seventh Army in France were celebrated across America. “This temporary notoriety will soon die out,” he assured his wife in September 1944. “God protect me from being spoiled by ...
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• The Superman Problem and Who Could Fix It

  
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  What is the Superman problem? Simply put, it’s making a good Superman game. To view the extent of this problem, try typing “best Superman game” into Google. Soon you’ll be met with the equivalent of a shrug, as the only results are people asking if there ever has been a good Superman game. Specify that ...
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• How Opa-locka got its name

  
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  Opa-locka is a small city in the Miami metropolitan area of south Florida. Its unusal name is supposed to have an Indian or “Native American” origin. But there is no documentation for the name before about 1926. That’s when the … Continue reading →
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• Students Visit Constitution Center in Philadelphia

  
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    On Monday, May 6, sophomores from Mr. Blystone’s U.S. History course traveled to the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. It was an educating trip to the epicenter of America’s founding. Photo caption:  Mr. Blystone and U.S. History students in front of Independence Hall.
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• “Andrew Jackson And The War Against the Bank”

  
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  “Andrew Jackson And The War Against the Bank” by U.S. History "Gentlemen! I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. ...
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• TDIH: The Medal of Honor

  
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  Kennedy greets Gino J. Merli On May 2, 1963, President John F. Kennedy invited all the living recipients of the Medal of Honor to the White House. In 1963, there were 290 living members of that exclusive club and 240 of them attended the ceremony. At the time, there were a large numbers of veterans of both WWII ...
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• 2013 America the Beautiful Quarters® Bags and Rolls | Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial

  
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  In memory of those who fought in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812 — and to celebrate the long-lasting peace among Britain, Canada and the U.S. — the United States Mint is proud to offer the 2013 America the Beautiful Quarter® featuring Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial. The second ...
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• Jamestown Jane and the cannibals

  
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  By Michael J.W. Stickings and Frank Moraes   MJWS: The BBC had a really interesting article yesterday on new evidence of cannibalism at Jamestown, the first permanent English colony in what is today the United States. It includes this historical nugget: The Starving Time was one of the ...
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• Book Review: ‘Bunker Hill’ by Nathaniel Philbrick

  
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  By David M. Shribman The Boston Globe http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/books April 27, 2013 MUSEUM OF FINE ART Heroic death of Joseph Warren at Bunker Hill was immortalized in this painting by John Trumbull. Everyone in these precincts knows this story, or apocryphal strains of it: that the Battle of ...
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• Book Review: Bunker Hill by Nathaniel Philbrick

  
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  Monument to a Rout The British won the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill, but sustained so many casualties that the Americans also claimed victory. By  THOMAS FLEMING The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com April 26, 2013 After writing lapidary narratives about Americans facing disaster ...
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• Rick Atkinsons new book looks at Pa.s 28th Infantry, war in western Europe

  
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  By  BRAD RHEN Lebanon Daily News staff http://www.ldnews.com Updated:   04/14/2013 09:28:43 PM EDT In a famed photograph, members of Pennsylvanias 28th Infantry Division triumphantly march down the Camps Elysees in Paris, with the Arc de Triomphe in the background. (Submitted) ...
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• Researchers: Jamestown settlers resorted to cannibalism – CNN.com

  
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  This is rather freaky.  It just wouldn’t fit into a “Liberty’s Kids” episode very well. Researchers: Jamestown settlers resorted to cannibalism – CNN.com .
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• The Framers of Pro-slavery Philosophy

  
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  The evolution of anti-slavery thinking, and who helped craft that thinking, is fairly well known to students of the Civil War.  These peoples names, whether Harriet Tubman, William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, all of the Beechers and Stowes, the Grimkés, Seward, Stanton, Chase -- Lincoln himself, and so many ...
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• Perfect Spring Day

  
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  Lovely sunshine, no wind, the temperature just about 70 degrees. I meet el V for lunch at CUNY -- their cafeteria is wonderfully priced, with a variety of choices for healthy, nutritious tasty meals and dishes -- and the most sinful of desserts.  (We split a pecan cheesecake that was the perfect combination of salty ...
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• 7 Simple Geography Lessons for Children of Traveling Parents

  
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  By Rhonda Franz Business travelers, conference speakers, entrepreneurs, and pilots — f your household has a parent on the road, the home-again, gone-again schedule gets confusing for kiddos. But having a traveler in the family is an ideal opportunity to bring home real-life education for the children missing ...
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• Context Quote From *The World That Made New Orleans*

  
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  On The Root, in Henry Louis Gatess column, 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro, in the entry titles, " Were There Slaves Like Stephen in Django? -- Whether So-Called House Slave Betrayed Others in Bondage ." OK, that isnt odd, but finding a quote from The World That Made New Orleans in this context is, as we ...
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• Not the strapping young Muslim socialist I used to be.

  
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• ‘The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits of Corsetry & Binding’

  
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  An installation t hat opens at the Jumel Mansion at the beginning of May, created by artist-designer, Camilla Hue y. Based on the women in the life of Burr — the controversial vice president and duelist who briefly lived in the mansion — the exhibit explores his mother, daughter, two wives and four purported ...
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• This Week in Pictures

  
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  This week, area educators and students at a distance took advantage of the educational resources offered by Cooperating School Districts of Greater St. Louis in areas like Special Education, Early Childhood Education, STEM, U.S. History, School-wide Positive Behavior Support and Common Core State Standards. To see ...
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