Tag: history
group name: historyrules
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June 23, 2008 08:23 PM EDT --
I am honored to be hosting a Live Chat with Kenneth Davis on Tuesday June 24 @ 7 PM ET. Kenneth is the author of America's Hidden History among other books. I hope you will . . .
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July 27, 2006 12:58 PM EDT --
Let me introduce you to a Reformation reformer that you may not know of – François Rabelais. Who was François Rabelais besides a monk who eventually left the monastery and an author whose . . .
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June 23, 2008 09:58 PM EDT --
I have been a history buff for as long as I can remember. I think that we could learn a lot from history but as humans, we tend to make the same mistakes over and over.
I will be hosting a live . . .
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October 12, 2007 04:24 PM EDT --
Blowing in the Wind at the Horse Camp!
My new computer is set up so that the first page clues me in to what month and day it is, and the local weather conditions. The trouble is it gives me the weather . . .
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May 28, 2006 11:03 PM EDT --
Today, my husband and I decided we would have a lazy Sunday. We had planned on going garage saling, but decided against it. We figured all of the good stuff would have been bought up yesterday. So, we . . .
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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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August 05, 2006 05:53 PM EDT --
Many Canadian men won the Medal of Honor during the Civil War.
Charles Asten
Charles was born in Nova Scotia in 1834. He served as Quarter Gunner on the USS Signal. As the Signal patrolled the Red River . . .
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May 27, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
I want to encourage all who visit or join this group to introduce themselves and share what interests they have in history.
I'm Cindy and I have always loved history. I graduated with a BA . . .
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April 23, 2007 11:52 PM EDT --
In the beginning...
At the base of a dry leafless tree some of our earliest relatives huddle and wait. Their leader, the alpha male, is perched in the tree. He’s 4 feet tall. . . .
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June 27, 2008 04:30 AM EDT --
I am a big history buff and have been ever since I can remember. I love to learn the hidden treasures of history that is not taught in history class. It is these hidden treasures that make history . . .
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July 23, 2006 09:34 AM EDT --
I received an email this week from the Gather Editorial team about a 2 day education series that is to take place August 22-23 called "Education in the 21st Century." They would like content . . .
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November 10, 2006 09:51 AM EST --
The Islamic world is filled with magnificent cities. Samarkand, Bukhara, Damascus, Cairo, Istanbul and Mecca are all at the top of any top ten list, but Isfahan is in a class of its own. A city where the . . .
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July 02, 2006 11:01 PM EDT --
Hi, my name is Pearl Hart. I was born in Lindsay, Ontario, in 1817. My parents, who were middle class, sent me to finishing school when I was very young. Back then I was known as Pearl Taylor.
At the . . .
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June 18, 2007 01:39 AM EDT --
On November 26, 1950, 2nd Lt. William T. Howard (my father) was one of 30,000 United Nations troops under the command of American General Douglas MacArthur in northeast Korea. (7th Army, B Company, . . .
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August 07, 2006 02:00 PM EDT --
I've always loved that word, "palimpsest." I like how it sounds and am fascinated by what it means. But I don't like what it conjures up inside my head: visions of cold, shivering medieval . . .
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May 29, 2007 06:11 PM EDT --
A new group dedicated to U.S. History will soon be launching on Gather. The main focus is Colonial Williamsburg from 1750-1783. However, content outside of this period will be included as well.
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May 29, 2006 08:42 PM EDT --
Doug had a great idea - What is everyone reading?
This is what he wrote:
What are people reading these days?
I'll begin by answering my own question. I'm a little over half way . . .
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January 15, 2006 09:50 PM EST --
John Fawcett's journey began on a freezing night in February 1936, riding the blinds of a crack passenger train. It was to change the 16-year-old's life forever. The son of a prosperous ophthalmologist . . .
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October 26, 2007 04:40 PM EDT --
I chuckled at the news last week that Barack Obama is related to Dick Cheney. The two are eighth cousins, both descended from a Huguenot French ancestor in the 1700’s. A spokesman for Obama . . .
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September 07, 2006 08:56 PM EDT --
I find myself with a dilemma, albeit a fortunate one. I am traveling to Iran to further research on a book and to accrue more personal experience with the people of the old Inner Asian trade routes. That . . .
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