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16 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments MarkJ011
In 1861, early in the American Civil War, the Union built seven ironclad ships to serve on the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The USS Cairo, Cincinnati, and Mound City were built at Mound City, Illinois, while the Carondelet, St. Louis, Pitt...
13 Aug 2022 2 minute read 1 comment MarkJ011
In 1878, The Book of Days stated that "Valentine's Day is now almost everywhere a much degenerated festival, the only observance of any note consisting merely of the sending of jocular anonymous letters to parties whom one wishes to quiz, and th...
11 Aug 2022 2 minute read 0 comments MarkJ011
The story of Bluebeard usually refers to a story written by the French author Charles Perrault in 1697. In the story, the young wife of a blue‑bearded chevalier is forbidden to open a certain room in their castle. Curiosity eventually causes her to e...
11 Aug 2022 1 minute read 1 comment MarkJ011
The authors of The Book of Days could not find the origins of April Fool’s Day, but one of the earliest references they found was from 1713, where Swift entered in his “Journal to Stella” a plotted April Fool’s joke with two friends. Unfortunately,...
10 Aug 2022 2 minute read 1 comment Melina Mehr
Despite his initial interest in music, Mohammad Esfahani planned to become a capable doctor. He was seeking the best university and working hard to get there, staying up at night and studying, and he even worked for two years. Finally, he graduated...
10 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RocketEnthusiast
Spanning one hundred feet across Marsh Creek in Adams County, Pennsylvania is Sachs Covered Bridge. It links Cumberland and Freedom townships. Originally constructed in 1854, the bridge was heavily used in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg....
9 Aug 2022 9 minute read 0 comments Probs Cheatin
The First World War represented a new era of financial strategy by the wealthiest and most powerful people in the world. With the increase of technology, Money Changers could now work together through their country’s Central Bank operations to help c...
8 Aug 2022 1 minute read 0 comments RocketEnthusiast
I have been a visitor Gettysburg, PA on a handful of occasions. I've heard the stories of the haunted orphanage, soldiers still walking the battlefield, Jennie Wade, and even mass graves below a football field. They say there are so many spirits in t...
7 Aug 2022 5 minute read 2 comments Probs Cheatin
The most significant impact of World War I in the United States was the growth of the Federal Government and military’s scope and power. To ensure the U.S had an obedient population, in 1917, President Woodrow Wilson established the Committee on Publ...
7 Aug 2022 20 minute read 1 comment Probs Cheatin
WORLD WAR I WWI isn’t talked about nearly as much as it should be, but it was the first international conflict between imperialistic nation states that involved countries from other sides of the planet all being in conflict simultaneously. Improving...
