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• Percy Sutton, activist, Tuskeegee Airman, lawyer, politician, and media mogul dies at 89.

  
  Let's Talk Honestly — Authority: 127
  Percy Sutton a son of a former slave who at times in his life was an activist, Tuskeegee Airman, lawyer, politician and media mogul. As a media mogul he saved the Apollo Theater in Harlem and owned several black radio station throughtout the US. As  a lawyer he defended Malcom X. As  a politician he served in the NY ...
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• Mormon Tea and the Naming of Things

  
  Travelogue The Daily Travel Blog of Vagabond Journey.com — Authority: 126
  I enjoy the stories that often get attributed to the naming of things. There are many things that have a nomenclature that was obviously influenced from a story, a legend, a cultural pattern, or history.———————Wade from www.VagabondJourney.comWestern New York, USA, December 28, 2009Buy Travel Gear | All ...
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• Battle of Trenton Prisoners & Images of Revolution

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 515
  On Thursday I ran a post about a great site called History Animated which features animations of Revolutionary War battles including the Battle of Trenton . On Friday, the National Archives daily feed served up a document that would make a good resource to use as a follow-up to viewing the Battle of Trenton ...
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• Battles of Trenton and Princeton Animated

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 515
  233 years ago George Washington led his men across the Delaware River to a decisive victory against Hessian soldiers in Trenton, New Jersey. That victory followed by a victory at the Battle of Princeton is generally credited for boosting the morale of Washingtons men and encouraging re-enlistments. Without those ...
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• Hypertension behind Madoff’s medical centre transfer, says prison official

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  New York, December 25 (ANI): Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff did not land in hospital due to assault injuries, the federal Bureau of Prisons has said.The convicted 71-year-old, who defrauded investors of 65 billion dollars, the largest swindle in the US history, was recently shifted to a prison medical facility.It was ...
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• Barack Obama Will Be A One-Term President

  
  NoelBagwell.com — Authority: 120
  By Noel Bagwell December 24, 2009 First, let me just say, Merry Christmas to all my readers out there. All 42,600+ (and growing) of you. Thank you for making NoelBagwell.com a success. Now, on with the show. I have followed Barack Obama’s career since he came on the national scene in a big way in late 2007 / early ...
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• Mr. President, I want my vote back please

  
  The Reaction — Authority: 514
  By Greg Prince Mr. President, I want my vote back please. No, Im not thinking about last November. Really, there was no choice between Obama and McCain. The deal was done long before then. Rather, Im thinking of a frigid February night in 2008 when I, along with several friends, joined the crowds ...
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• Western Renaissance Man: Kit Carson at 200

  
  carnage and culture — Authority: 136
  By Bill Croke on 12.23.09 @ 6:07AM The American Spectator http://spectator.org/ This is a bicentennial article about a man who occupies a prominent place in American history, and whose life is tinged by myth. This man was born in a Kentucky log cabin in 1809. He rose from an early hard frontier life to national ...
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• Pennsylvania Civil War 150 Interactive Soldier

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 515
  Ive mentioned Teaching the Civil War with Technology a couple of times in the past because it is an excellent blog that every US History teacher should follow. Recently through Teaching the Civil War with Technology I learned about the Pennsylvania Civil War 150 website. On Pennsylvania Civil War 150 you can ...
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• Half Baked, with Nic Musolino: Eggnog

  
  Young Manhattanite — Authority: 513
  Half Baked, with Nic Musolino: Eggnog : Stay tuned for Zombie YM in 2010.
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• The Great Christmas Night Raid: 1776

  
  Steady Habits — Authority: 99
  “My brave fellows, you have done all I asked you to do, and more than could be reasonably expected, but your country is at stake … The present is emphatically the crisis which is to decide our destiny.” Gen. George Washington in an appeal to his troops following the surprise attack on the Hessians at Trenton, ...
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  A Large Regular — Authority: 478
  Flotsam and Jetsam Miscellaneous thoughts and observations. If Johnny Damon plays 3 more seasons - he has an outside chance of 3,000 hits and finishing in the top 25 all-time in runs. Just sayin. Even with 3,000 hits and being in the top 25 in runs scored - Johnny Damon still isnt a Hall of Fame player... The ...
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• “Permanent” today, Oblivion tomorrow

  
  The right-wing liberal — Authority: 503
  As the health care debacle careens toward passage in the United States Senate, many of its opponents (including some of my close friends) are convinced that should “Obamacare” actually get to the president’s desk, it will become the transformative event that irrevocably changes America forever.  Mark Steyn ...
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• The Federal Writers Project: Ella Bartlett, Brookfield, Massachusetts

  
  Exploring Western Massachusetts — Authority: 99
  In the 1930s, every fourth working-age American one met was likely to be unemployed, a victim of the crash of United States economy and the ensuing country-wide cloud of the Great Depression. Those who were fortunate to have jobs were paid low wages. The pall of poverty hung upon the land. Democrat Franklin D. ...
  1 week ago

• Spreadsheets in US History Part II - Lesson Failed and What Went Wrong

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 515
  Earlier this week I was all jazzed-up about using Google Forms and Spreadsheets in one of my US History classes. The plan was to have students put information about the causes of the Civil War into a form that I had created. The form had categories for economic factors, social factors, and political factors ...
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• Shmoop Adds 20 More Guides

  
  Free Technology for Teachers — Authority: 515
  Ive mentioned Shmoop numerous times on this blog because I really like the content they produce. In fact, I like Shmoop so much that I have it linked to the blog for my US History and Civics courses. All of the Language Arts teachers to whom Ive shown Shmoop have also approved of the Shmoop study guides. ...
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• Check out Bill Katz post on The Battle of The Bulge

  
  My view by Silvio Canto, Jr. — Authority: 440
  We always love Bill Katz posts about US history. On Wednesday, Bill wrote a good one: AN ANNIVERSARY TO OBSERVE "Today is the 65th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive. On December 16th, 1944, Nazi Germany, only months away ...
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• The Best of Conservatism (Lt. Col. Allen West for Congress)

  
  Religio-Political Talk — Authority: 150
  $$(Support Lt. Col. Allen West for Congress 2010)$$(HotAir h/t)
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• Democrats Breaking Rules -- Plus, Some Senate History Comes Up

  
  Religio-Political Talk — Authority: 150
  This is with thanks to HotAir.  What it shows is a rule of the Senate being broken by the Democrats.  The second video is the minority leader taking the sitting president to task.  By the way, the caning  mentioned by Sen. Mitch McConnell is that of a Democrat nearly beating to death a Republican because the ...
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• Unwitting Tourists Have Breakfast With Obama

  
  Brian Bonner — Authority: 120
  What the Hellll!!!! is going on in my White House. Yes, people it is our White House. And, as much as I cannot stand, this President, Vice President, First Lady, all the cabinet members, the Czars, and anyone else my Commie President has appointed, (wait, I need to take a breath,)aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh. Ok, I can ...
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