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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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