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Let's Get It Right (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Grand Old Partisan's GOP History Quiz: Republicans would benefit tremendously from appreciating the heritage of our Grand Old Party, born in 1854 to oppose the Democratic Party’s pro-slavery policies. Q. How many Democrats in Congress voted for the 13th Amendment, to abolish slavery? 1) 127 2) 95 3) 34 4) 0 Q. Which park was established by a future Chairman of the Republican National Committee?...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
"Tsar", a film chronicling the bloody life and times of Ivan the Terrible, wrongly portrays the medieval ruler as a crazed sadist, according to a historian who has called for it to be banned.
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Stockwell News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Who was the hired killer that gave Vauxhall its name and who was the King who forced a teenage widow to marry the brute? Did you know that Vauxhall gave the world the first open-air pop festival, mass audience for art and music, plus celebrity PR, royal endorsement and portion control? All the history of Vauxhall will be laid bare at South Lambeth Library on Wednesday 2 December. Ross Davies, long-time...
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Gay South Florida (Free subscription) | yesterday
To mark the 25th anniversary of White Party, I interviewed co-founder Jorge Suarez and event historian Bill Mathisen, who co-chaired the party a half-dozen times. Videographer Andrew Richardson recorded and edited the interview. (Photos included in the video courtesy of...
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Eastman's Online Genealogy Newslett (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Wisconsin Historical Society recently put more than 80 standard county histories online. The collection totals about 56,000 pages and is being enthusiastically welcomed by genealogists, local historians, archivists and public librarians. These books typically were published 1880-1920 and contain several hundred pages filled with pioneer recollections and other local data that was not recorded anywhere...
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Gypsy Scholar (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Korean Academy for Educators (Image from Korea Herald ) Speaking as a historian, I'm all for people learning more history. Indeed, if folks generally were more interested in history, I'd likely have an academic position somewhere teaching that subject . . . rather than one in which I spend my time trying to teach students the fundamentals of essay writing. So when An Ji-yoon reported in the Korea Herald...
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Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Michael Jackson Vs Prince New Web Site a Celebration of the Two Biggest Icons of the Twentieth Century Their talents shall never be duplicated and this is truly an era of music and dance that will always challenge the historians' opinion of their unique blend of imagination, expertise, and perfectionism. The new Michael Jackson Vs Prince website shall exsplore all of these angles. Detroit, MI November...
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A little about .... (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
London, Nov 29 - ANI: Late King of Pop Michael Jackson was reportedly planning to head back to the classroom to become a qualified art historian after his daughter Paris begged him to follow his dream of studying.
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Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Writ es of passage Bron Sibree, Courier Mail November 27, 2009 IT IS difficult to tell what drives William Dalrymple more: his passion for history, his love of India or his enduring fascination with religion. Either way, the celebrated historian and travel writer is at his exuberant best when I talk to him, ranging across all three. Pic above -William Dalrymple. Pic: Karoki Lewis His historical passions...
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Campaign For Liberty Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Matt Holdridge C4L is happy to announce that we have now added the For Liberty: How the Ron Paul Revolution Watered the Withered Tree of Liberty DVD to our online store! The Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign was an experience like none other, as it united people from all backgrounds and beliefs in pursuit of restoring our freedoms. It also ultimately gave birth to Campaign for Liberty. For Liberty:...
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Laci the Dog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Uh, it's a tough job but someone out there needs to? I met Michael when Arming America was still pretty hot stuff. I had read it and though it was an interesting read. I had heard the criticism about the probate records, but that is a very small part of Michael's book. Anyway, it seems that my posts on Bellesiles are the most visited of all my posts. In 2002, Michael Zuckerman , professor of history...
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This Ain't Hell (Free subscription) | yesterday
Adirondack Patriot sent us this link to an Albany Times-Union article about the opening of a new archives for documents related to the alleged atrocity at No Gun Ri, Korea in 1950. Adirondack Patriot writes; There is so many things wrong about this. First, a non-historian professor is compiling history based driven by personal interest. [...]
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GrogNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
This is a list of named vessels of the Revenue Marine, Revenue Cutter Service, Coast Guard and the Lighthouse Service. The Historian's Office maintains a file on most of the following vessels. Please note that decommissioned cutters' and tenders' logbooks, action reports and other official documentation are held by the National Archives, not the Coast Guard Historian's Office. By: Brant - - --------------------->...
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contemporary | 11/10/2009
Following close on the heels of the hugely successful India Art Summit held in Delhi, came our very own Art Expo '09 at the Nehru Centre in Mumbai from 25-27 September, an event that brought about mixed emotions to begin with, but as the programme entered it's second day, the murmurs seemed to subside in intensity and at the conclusion, all participants and visitors should have come away a satisfied...