Tag: culture
group name: historyrules
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June 27, 2006 06:47 PM EDT --
In 1793, the Upper Canada Act Against Slavery was passed. The Act was inspired by Governor J. G. Simcoe and made Upper Canada (now Ontario) the first British Colony to legislate against slavery.
Slavery . . .
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December 05, 2007 12:52 PM EST --
There is much misunderstanding in our modern culture about the term, "separation of church and state." Rather than using it as it was originally intended, it has been twisted around to mean . . .
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November 10, 2008 05:55 PM EST --
Dear President-elect Obama,
Congratulations on your historic landmark victory. I wanted to take a moment, after collecting my thoughts, to send this to you. I assume you are still rightly . . .
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September 19, 2006 06:33 PM EDT --
Herodotus, to many historians, is anathema. His book is too anecdotal, too colorful, too discursive and some of it is sheer fantasy, nothing like the grim reality Thucydides depicts (and neocons worship) . . .
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October 24, 2006 10:27 AM EDT --
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August 21, 2006 03:37 AM EDT --
When I lived in the area, this was one of the first places I visited. It's beautiful. The area, George Washinton's plantation & home.
Visiting gives you a whole new perspective on . . .
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November 02, 2006 11:53 PM EST --
History has always been a passion of mine, and this is one of my favorite stories.
Marian Anderson was a brilliant opera singer who embarked on her impressive career during the late 1920's. She . . .
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July 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT --
The House failed to overturn President Bush's veto of legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The vote was 235-193, 51 short of the required two-thirds majority. . . .
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April 24, 2008 01:18 PM EDT --
What stories will your great-grandchildren tell about you?
I once stood in the cemetery where several of my ancestors have been laid. In a deeply sentimental mood I thought to myself, "How . . .
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September 23, 2006 01:12 PM EDT --
Starting off as a sacred place to Native Americans, the Warm Springs Valley in Bath County, Virginia, is known globally for its springs' healing properites.
The Jefferson Pools are located at the . . .
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August 04, 2006 09:53 AM EDT --
Today, Canada is well known for its apples. We grow them in every province of the country. Well known Canadian apples are grown in the Annapolis Valley in Nova Scotia and the Okanagan Valley in British . . .
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February 21, 2007 08:28 PM EST --
It came down to the wire. There had been massive debts paid with loans that resulted in a final debt. Five years ago, owner Tom Kiefaber took out a $1.2 million mortgage to save the place. He nearly paid . . .
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April 25, 2007 03:49 PM EDT --
From the very beginning, Alex Haley's Roots counted as much more than a mere book. It tapped deeply into the black American hunger for an African ancestral home that had been savaged by centuries . . .
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January 31, 2008 04:42 PM EST --
Immediately after creating the Declaration of Independence, the Continental Congress voted to purchase and import 20,000 copies of Scripture for the people of this nation. Patrick Henry, who is called . . .
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July 24, 2007 07:32 PM EDT --
I, Catherine Huber, sit at table, pen in hand. In trepidation, we await the ever brewing battles we have rumour of. Simple farmers we are and have no need for war, but face it we . . .
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November 06, 2006 09:15 AM EST --
What was the judicial system like in Medieval times? Living in a castle, or in the village surrounding it?
Most medieval communities held hearings which were much speedier than today's lengthy trials. . . .
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February 27, 2008 02:45 PM EST --
The April issue of Writer's Digest arrived in my mailbox on Saturday and I've been in a snit ever since. "Publish Your First Book after 50," said the headline, but here's the real . . .
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September 29, 2006 09:55 AM EDT --
Russia Buries Tsar's Mother
RUSSIA reburied the mother of its last . . .
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August 21, 2006 03:15 AM EDT --
This was on tonight on the History Channel. It is very interesting & looks great so far.
The story of the Exodus invokes an epic tale--Pharaohs and Israelites, plagues and miracles, splitting . . .
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October 20, 2007 06:31 PM EDT --
I actually hadn't heard of this one until it was pretty much over. New York Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton, both Democrats, had inserted a $1 million earmark into a health and . . .
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