17MAR 2024
Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase

Lewis and Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase

After the American Revolution, the people of the new United States look westward for a new start. President Thomas Jefferson makes the Louisiana Purchase from France 1803 and sends Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the land west of the Mississippi River. The tales the two tell when they return spur this question: How will Americans GET to this new land? Over water, via…

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13MAR 2024
Events of September 11, 2001

Events of September 11, 2001

September 11, 2011 marks the 10th anniversary of the events in New York and Washington that have played a dramatic role in modern history. These events have provided a pretext for a War on Terror that has replaced the Cold War as a global conflict framework within which military invasions and occupations…
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09MAR 2024
Agent Orange Vietnam War Facts

Agent Orange Vietnam War Facts

Herbicide-sprayed areas and unsprayed areas Agent Orange is a blend of tactical herbicides the U.S. military sprayed from 1962 to 1971 during Operation Ranch Hand in the Vietnam War to remove trees and dense tropical foliage that provided enemy cover. More than 19 million gallons of various “rainbow”…
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05MAR 2024
Significant Historical events

Significant Historical events

What is historical significance? Historical significance is the process used to evaluate what was significant about selected events, people, and developments in the past. Historians use different sets of criteria to help them make judgements about significance. Significance has been called the forgotten…
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01MAR 2024
World War Two Background

World War Two Background

World War II commenced as a localized conflict in eastern Europe and expanded until it merged with a confrontation in the Far East to form a global war of immense proportions. The war began in Europe on Sept. 1, 1939, when Germany attacked Poland, and ended on Sept. 2, 1945, with the formal surrender of Japan aboard the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Involving most of the…

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26FEB 2024
When man first landed on the moon

When man first landed on the moon

Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil Armstrong speaks during a celebration dinner at Ohio State University honoring former U.S. Sen. and astronaut John Glenn s 50th anniversary of his flight aboard Friendship 7 on Feb. 20, 2012 in Columbus, Ohio. Photo: Bill Ingalls/NASA via Getty Images Myth: That in his later years he gave no media interviews. In fact, starting…

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22FEB 2024
World War Two nurses

World War Two nurses

Women in Military Service Nurses Corps: The Army Nurse Corps, established in 1901, and Navy Nurse Corps, established in 1908, sprang into action as nurses stationed in Pearl Harbor rushed to treat the wounded on shore and aboard hospital ships. At the time, the military included 8, nurses. By the end of the war, army nurses had grown to 59, and navy nurses to 11, . In the image…

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18FEB 2024
Honolulu Pearl Harbor Tours

Honolulu Pearl Harbor Tours

About Your Tour Spend a morning at the Pearl Harbor Visitor’s Center and remember the sailors who lost their lives during the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Visit the site of the attacks with our expert tour guides, whose historic narration sets the stage for your tour. Experience the USS Arizona Memorial, one of Pearl Harbor’s most emotional, memorable sites. At the Visitor Center, you’ll…

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14FEB 2024
United States moon landing

United States moon landing

The Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. formed the backdrop of the Apollo program, as the two superpowers jockeyed for preeminence in space. Under premier Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet Union had succeeded in launching Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, and sending the first man into orbit. Reeling from a succession of Soviet space firsts, President John F. Kennedy…

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