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Amazing historic photos of the world's first trains and railroads
On 1 July 1925, the oldest railway in the world celebrated its 100th birthday. The Stockton to Darlington Railway was the ...
The Daily Progress1d
A Virginia museum found 4 Confederate soldiers' remains. It's trying to identify them
Archaeologists in Virginia are trying to identify the remains of four Confederate soldiers who were killed in the Civil War.
Marina Times1d
‘Black Gold: Stories Untold’ exhibiting at Fort Point
“Black Gold: Stories Untold” is exhibiting June 6 – Nov. 22, at the Fort Point National Historic Site, 201 Marine Dr. Sharon ...
Libertyville group racing to save piece of pre-Civil War history; ‘Something from … an organization that made a difference’
The Libertyville Historical Society is racing to save the rapidly deteriorating 165-year-old banner by fundraising $30,000 to ...
PBS2d
Making The Civil War: 25 Years Later
I'm not surprised that we're still talking about the Civil War as a historical event. It is the most important event in American history. I am flabbergasted that our film has the kind of legs that ...
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Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary war [microform]
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Southeast Express2d
The First Shots of America’s Civil War Were Fired at This Charleston Harbor Fort in 1861
President James Buchanan sent the unarmed ship Star of the West with 200 soldiers and supplies on January 9, 1861. When it ...
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The Civil War party system : the case of Massachusetts, 1848-1876
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The New Yorker3d
Curtis Yarvin’s Plot Against America
The reactionary blogger’s call for a monarch to rule the country once seemed like a joke. Now the right is ready to bend the ...
‘Completely Unworkable’: Sculpture Experts Say Trump’s $34 Million Statue Garden Has Major Problems
“It doesn’t yield the quality we’re usually looking for,” said Andrew Pharmer, who runs a large fine art foundry in Kingston, New York. “If you’re physically sculpting something you get detail down to ...