Most important events in American History
I m not sure that this qualifies as a significant event but in the mid 1700 s much of the United States was owned by France. Please refer to the map below. Source: I find the details of Treaty of Paris to be very interesting. It was done in part to end the seven years war with the French and the natives which had help from Spain. Exchange of territories During the war, Britain had…
Vietnamization of the War
Vietnamization By 1969 much of the American population was against the Vietnam War, so Nixon needed to make a plan to remove American soldiers from Vietnam. Nixon decided to initiate a new policy known as “vietnamization”. This policy stated that it would begin to withdraw 25, troops from Vietnam and…
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American Revolutionary War Movies
I read Harlow Giles Unger’s biography of Patrick Henry Lion of Liberty over the weekend (I think the rest of this summer is going to be a lot of alternating between the Founding Fathers and big science fiction novels), and it struck me all over again how few movies we have about the Revolutionary War…
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Cost of Louisiana Purchase
Barry Ritholtz sez, In doing the research for the Bailout Nation book, I needed a way to put the dollar amounts into proper historical perspective. If we add in the Citi bailout, the total cost now exceeds $4.6165 trillion dollars. People have a hard time conceptualizing very large numbers, so let’s…
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World War One American soldiers
Fall 1998, Vol. 30, No. 3 They Answered the Call Military Service in the United States Army During World War I, 1917-1919 By Mitchell Yockelson November 11, 1998, marks the eightieth anniversary of the armistice ending World War I. For Americans it is time to reflect upon the contributions made by their…
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Flags from the American Revolution
Still another was a white flag with a green pine tree and the inscription, An Appeal to Heaven. This particular flag became familiar on the seas as the ensign of the cruisers commissioned by General Washington, and was noted by many English newspapers of the time. [Available from FlagLine.com.] Flags…
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Japanese carriers at Pearl Harbor
ATTACK FORCE - VAdm Naguma Carriers Akagi Kaga Soryu Hiryu Zuikaku Shokaku SUPPORT FORCE - VAdm Mikawa Battleships Hiei Kirisima Heavy Cruisers Tone Chikuma SCOUTING FORCE - RAdm Omori Light Cruiser - flagship of destroyer flotilla Abukuma CL Destroyers Tanikaze Hamakaze Urakaze Kasumi Arare Kagero Shiranuhi…
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American Civil War people
John Stith Pemberton Francis Barlow John Brown Gordon Rutherford B. Hayes There are many interesting and exciting stories to be told about various individuals throughout the Civil War. There are stories of daring heroism and there are stories of vile treachery. Also, there are stories that are just fun…
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NASA moon landing 1969
Moon rocks and common sense prove Apollo astronauts really did visit the Moon. Listen to this story (requires RealPlayer) February 23, 2001 - Last week my phone rang. It was my mother and she was upset. Tony! she exclaimed, I just came from the coffee shop and there s an [adjective omitted] man down…
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