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"5 Held in Plot to Bug Democrats' Office Here" -- Washington Post, Sunday, June 18, 1972, page A1 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 7 1399

"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 2 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 7 708

"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 6 1246

"A Republic, if you can keep it." On this date, January 17, 1706, Benjamin Franklin was born. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2024 Jan 2024 5 837

"Fight for the things that you care about, 1 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 2 758

"In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith 3 elleng Feb 2023 Feb 2023 22 1667

"JFK gave best speech of his life, {June 10, 1963}, at American University:" 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 6 1185

"Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding 3 elleng Sep 2023 Sep 2023 13 1302

"Listen, my children, and you shall hear ..." 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1627

"RIP Pearl Harbor survivor Ken Potts who passed away on Friday, one week after his 102nd birthday." 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 1211

"Vancouver! Vancouver! This is it!" On this day, May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted. 1 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 10 1082

#OtD March 8, 1926, the largely female members of the Fur & Leather Workers' Union went on strike in New York City. 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 2 603

🎃 The Poor Man's Pumpkin - Impt. In North America, Europe, Even Rome 🥧 2 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 3 1078

🎄 The Original Christmas Dessert, 18th Century 0 appalachiablue Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 854

📜 SOLD: Rare Copy of US Constitution Up For Auction In NC, Printed in 1787 7 appalachiablue Oct 2024 Oct 2024 10 1267

📺On March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 2 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2025 Mar 2025 4 679

📺On this day, March 6, 1981, Walter Cronkite anchored his final broadcast of the 'CBS Evening News' 0 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2024 Mar 2024 4 794

🗽The American Revolution - Ken Burns New Documentary - PBS Nov. 16 - Smithsonian Magazine 5 appalachiablue Nov 13 Nov 15 12 437

🥃 SWITCHEL - 18th c. Energy Drink, Hot Summer Days - Townsends Early American Cooking 0 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 1 780

'Fala Speech,' FDR Turns His Dog on Dewey, 1944 Campaign, WW2, Wins 4th Term US President 6 appalachiablue Jan 2024 Jan 2024 4 1529

'They called me a traitor': Serving Capitol Police officer on the pardoned mob of January 6 2 Uncle Joe Jan 2025 Jan 2025 13 870

'We the People' Dec. of Indep., Consti., Bill of Rights, Emanc. Proc., Charters of Freedom, Natl Archives 📜 2 appalachiablue Jul 2024 Jul 2024 4 745

***The American Revolution, Burns PBS 5 elleng Sep 16 Sep 17 1 1868

100 years ago news: The Eastern Chiropractic Institute holds a contest to choose New York's most beautiful back 1 Dennis Donovan May 2025 May 2025 3 880

100 Years Ago Today: New hires by the White House Police Force - all taller than 6 feet 2 Dennis Donovan Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 736

100 years: A Route 66 ghost town was 'frozen in time'. Is it on the brink of a comeback? 3 cbabe Jul 2025 Jul 2025 10 1073

15 year old lad 2 Bucky Jun 2024 Jun 2024 2 1010

1773 Apple Pie 🥧 Earliest Recipe - 18th Century Cooking 5 appalachiablue Oct 2023 Oct 2023 8 1333

1863 The New Ironsides firing on Condederate traitors 0 irisblue Sep 2025 Sep 2025 10 1432

1916 - at Age 24, Mary Pickford Becomes the First Woman in the World to Earn Over $1-Million per Year 1 GreatGazoo Sep 29 Sep 29 9 2345

American History Continued...

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1957 Voting Machines Film (curtains and levers) 2 Dennis Donovan Jan 2025 Jan 2025 4 896

1973 Mass Fire Destroyed Millions of Military Service Records; Families Still Seek Answers More Info 0 appalachiablue Jul 2023 Jul 2023 3 1072

20 First Ladies of the United States Brought Back to Life - Martha Washington, Jacqueline Kennedy 3 QueerDuck Sep 2025 Sep 2025 5 3470

22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 7 753

22 December 1944 "To the German commander: N U T S ! The American Commander 1 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 1 910

250 Years Ago This Month: war was starting 0 eShirl Apr 2025 Apr 2025 8 1014

57 years ago today, Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the fatal shot... 6 lastlib Jun 2025 Jun 2025 16 1119

64 Years Today (19 Jan 1961), Americans Celebrated President JFK with Stellar Pre-Inaugural Gala in Washington, DC 7 C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 Jan 2025 21 1899

8 Black Women Labor Leaders You Should Know 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 2 617

80 Years Ago Today: The Yalta Conference concludes 1 Dennis Donovan Feb 2025 Feb 2025 4 601

80 years later, Glenn Miller's sudden disappearance remains unsolved 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 16 935

88 Years Ago Today: German Zeppelin LZ-129 Hindenburg is destroyed at Lakehurst NJ Naval Air Station 1 Dennis Donovan May 2025 May 2025 4 973

8th grade exam for students in Bullitt County, Kentucky from 1912 2 littlemissmartypants Oct 2023 Oct 2023 7 1116

A century later, a taped message solves the mystery of a WWI doughboy's death 1 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 8 1766

A history buff bought a piece of a tent from Goodwill for $1,700. It really did belong to George Washington 2 sl8 Jul 2024 Jul 2024 9 975

A Lecture by Annette Gordon Reed on the Hemmings of Monticello. 0 NNadir Oct 2023 Oct 2023 5 788

A look inside PT-305 3 sl8 Jun 2024 Jun 2024 4 958

A nuclear reactor was melting down. Jimmy Carter came to the rescue. 2 Uncle Joe May 2024 May 2024 17 1007

A Thought Provoking Perspective: Elvis's Army. 0 NNadir May 2023 May 2023 5 971

After a borderland shootout, a 100-year-old battle for the truth 2 mahatmakanejeeves May 2024 May 2024 4 1106

After demand by President Woodrow Wilson, United States entered First World War today, April 6, 1917 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 1 1002

After World War II, tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers mutinied -- and won 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 11 1168

Alabama Black Belt designated National Heritage Area, unlocking up to $1M each year to preserve hist 0 Eugene Jan 2023 Jan 2023 1 1139

Alexandria lecture explores harrowing story of woman who killed her children rather than have them sold into slavery 1 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 3 1023

Alice Brock of 'Alice's Restaurant' dies 2 mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2024 Nov 2024 16 881

Along Party Lines 0 Uncle Joe Mar 2025 Mar 2025 1 616

Alvin F. Poussaint, 90, Dies; Saw Racism Affecting Black Mental Health 1 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 3 728

Amanda Gorman says a ban on her poetry felt 'like a gut punch': Full interview 1 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 12 924

Amelia Earhart's long-lost plane possibly detected by sonar 16,000 feet underwater, exploration team claims 3 catbyte Jan 2024 Jan 2024 3 1203

America' s Ace Of Aces - Richard Bong 0 Eko Aug 2024 Aug 2024 4 608

American History Continued...

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America's 1st Viral Post, Jan 10, 1776, Thom Paine's 'Common Sense' Sparked A Revolution, Tore Down Monarchy 2 appalachiablue Jan 2025 Jan 2025 8 827

America's Darkest DNA Secret The Melungeons of Appalachia 7 Uncle Joe Feb 2025 Feb 2025 39 3031

America's Spartacus and Brutus 1 C0RI0LANUS Jan 2025 Jan 2025 5 794

Americans preparing to fight for freedom on D-Day, this week 1944. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 11 866

Americas First Black Postmaster 1 struggle4progress Jul 2025 Jul 2025 4 538

Amy Goodman Reflects on the Build Up to the Iraq War and the Role of Media 0 Uncle Joe Jan 2024 Jan 2024 6 713

An 1847 Letter to the President of the United States, Relating to His Trafficking in Human Beings. 0 NNadir Feb 2023 Feb 2023 10 1507

An account of a very sick FDR struggling to get the United Nations in place as he faded rapidly into death. 2 NNadir May 2025 May 2025 10 947

An Extremely Interesting View of Four Presidents and the Constitution. 0 NNadir Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 1156

Anita Bryant, Whose Anti-Gay Politics Undid a Singing Career, Is Dead at 84 4 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2025 Jan 2025 1 971

Anne Marie Hochhalter, Paralyzed in Columbine Shooting, Dies at 43 2 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2025 Feb 2025 2 773

April 14, 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral procession on the streets of Washington, D.C. 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2024 Apr 2024 7 2064

April 14, 1945: Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral procession on the streets of Washington, DC 3 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1487

April 23, 1987: L'Ambiance Plaza collapse, the worst construction accident in Connecticut's history 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 0 991

April 3, 1968 0 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 9 890

Archaeologists in Virginia find colonial-era garden, clues about slaves who tended it 0 sl8 Aug 2024 Aug 2024 11 708

Art at Capitol honors 140 enslavers and 13 Confederates. Who are they? 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 1014

Arthur Duncan, pioneering Black tap dancer, dies at 97 1 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2023 Jan 2023 8 1149

Artist Bill Hennessy Jr., whose sketches brought courtroom drama to life, dies at 67 0 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 Dec 2024 3 630

As an old slide librarian 1 BittyJenkins Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 1574

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