Operation Plunder

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Groundhog Day originated in Pennsylvania in 1887. It’s based on an ancient Celtic holiday, where a badger was used to predict the weather. Now, a groundhog predicts 6 more weeks of winter or an early spring.

Having no European contemporaries to emulate a democracy around, the founding fathers looked to Native American governance for ideas, most notably the structure of the Iroquois Confederacy.

The Whig Party was a short-lived political party rising to power in the United States in 1834 and affiliations included Henry Clay, John Quincy Adams, and Abraham Lincoln.

As Robert E. Lee’s outnumbered Confederate Army faced the Union Army in the Second Battle of Bull Run, misread strategy predictions would lead to a decisive victory for the Confederates, pushing them to their next battle of Antietam.

The Carolingian Renaissance brought an explosive rise in literature, arts, architecture, jurisprudence and efficient management, production, and a surplus economy during the early Middle Ages.

Established in 1624, New Amsterdam and New Netherland was a Dutch colony in North America, which lasted until 1664 when the British seized and reincorporated the land as New York City.

The Founding Fathers’ early split into two opposing political parties culminated in the Election of 1800 with the Federalist incumbent John Adams against Republican Thomas Jefferson.