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  • WASPs of WW2
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  • April 30, 2025

    WASPs of WW2: Women’s Airforce Service Pilots

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  • November 28, 2022

    George Wallace: Biography of Alabama’s Segregationist Governor

    George Wallace was elected to the Alabama governorship four times on a platform of segregation before ultimately renouncing his segregationist ideology and seeking reconciliation with civil rights leaders.

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  • Alabama Governor George Wallace campaigning for segregation
  • November 25, 2022

    First Cross-Country Road Trip by Car

    The first cross-country trip by car was completed in less than 65 days by Dr. Horatio Nelson Jackson, bicycle mechanic Sewall Crocker and a bulldog named Bud, winning a fifty-dollar bet that inspired the trip.

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  • Dr. Horatio Jackson, Dog Bud, and Partner first cross-country trip in a car.
  • November 24, 2022

    Sign Wars

    The Sign Wars were a series of messages between competing businesses that brought much-needed humor during a time of nationwide stress as news of the pandemic, climate change and more persisted.

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  • sign wars of 2020
  • November 23, 2022

    Three Mile Island: Imminent Nuclear Disaster Averted

    On March 28th, 1979, the pressure valve in the Unit Two reactor at Three Mile Island malfunctioned, beginning the meltdown process that was successfully remediated but not without panic and public perception turning against Nuclear’s promise of clean energy.

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  • three mile island nuclear reactor meltdown
  • November 22, 2022

    Sand Creek Massacre

    As Gold-Seeking Anglo Americans forced Native Americans from their land, Colonel John Chivington ordered his soldiers to attack the Cheyenne and Arapahoe encampment, known as the Sand Creek Massacre.

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  • Sand Creek Massacre where US Soldiers attacked Arapahoe tribe
  • November 21, 2022

    Stonewall Jackson

    Stonewall Jackson served in the Mexican-American War where he earned a reputation for bravery and toughness in battle, ultimately leading his Confederate Army forces to many victories against superior numbers of Union soldiers.

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  • Stonewall Jackson profile photograph
  • November 18, 2022

    Sitting Bull

    Sitting Bull was a proven warrior and leader of the Lakota Sioux tribe during one of the most tumultuous periods for Native Americans as the discovery of gold and subsequent westward expansion forced them from their lands.

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  • sitting bull with feather headdress