History
epub |eng | | Author:Xina M. Uhl
James Gadsden, the president of the South Carolina Railroad Company, negotiated with Mexico to purchase the land later known as the Gadsden Purchase. Gadsden hoped to build a railroad there. ...
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History
August 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2012-08-15 | Author:Panchyk, Richard;
Castle Garden in 1850. Jenny Lind. Tickets for the first performance were auctioned and a fee was charged to all who attended the sale, yet 3,000 people were curious enough ...
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State & Local
August 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-15 | Author:David Aretha [Aretha, David]
Image Credit: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Organizers had said the March would âbe nonviolent, but not timid.â That is how it played out. Marchers protested peacefully, but their ...
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History
August 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2014-08-15 | Author:David Aretha [David, Aretha]
* * * Image Credit: AP Images This map indicates all the Freedom Rides that took place in 1961. The most eventful Freedom Rides began on May 4 and May ...
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History
August 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-04-11 | Author:Pat Williams
âLet Us Do Our Dutyâ As the two ships drifted apart, Jones tried to position his ship to fire at the Serapis. But the Bonhomme Richardâs rudder was disabled. The ...
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Colonial & Revolutionary
August 4,2023 )
epub |eng | 2022-01-14 | Author:Joe Giorello
Marine on Guadalcanal. August 9, 1942: Naval Battle of Savo Island The Japanese navy forced the American Navy to retreat, leaving the Marines alone on Guadalcanal short of supplies and ...
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1900s
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Xina M. Uhl
California was the grand prize of manifest destiny. It was at the far end of the North American continent. To many, it represented the United States grown to its full ...
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History
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Xina M. Uhl
The reality of waging war became clear once the excitement of the Declaration of Independence faded. An army had to be raised, officers appointed, supplies gathered, and funds found. And ...
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History
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Xina M. Uhl
John W. Menard from Louisiana was the first African American elected to Congress. The Louisiana Congress did not admit Menard, choosing to leave his seat empty. Racial prejudice was deep, ...
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History
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Melanie Gildenstein
On a day without unexpected delays or difficulties, the wagon trains could cover about 10 to 15 miles (15-25 km). On a bad day, they might not even move an ...
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History
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2019-11-08 | Author:Heather E. Schwartz [Schwartz, Heather E.]
Final Battle By the time the Nez Perce reached the Bear Paw Mountains in Montana, they were exhausted. Supplies were running out. They had been fighting and fleeing for months. ...
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1800s
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | | Author:Joanne Randolph
The Grand Canal is the longest canal in the world. It is also one of the oldest canals. HOW CAN WATER TELL TIME? In 1090, Su-Song was ordered by the ...
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History
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 1998-10-21 | Author:Rev. Fr. Jeremiah J. Smith [Rev. Fr. Jeremiah. J. Smith, O.F.M. Conv.]
âI offer my life for this man â¦â Chapter 17 THE DEATH HOUSE BLOCK 13, the death chamber of Auschwitz, situated on the right side of the camp, was surrounded ...
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Holocaust
August 3,2023 )
epub |eng | 2023-01-13 | Author:Susan Hood
Enlisting Boats With money, it wasnât difficult to approach the fishermen. Ebba Lund, a twenty-year-old girl in Jørgenâs group, went to friends she had met on family vacations. Jørgen said, ...
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History
August 3,2023 )
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