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Weekly History News Roundup
The History Channel plans… another bold series. Only a matter of time until this Lee family scandal… is used as evidence in the Jefferson/Hemings myth. Civil War cemetery unearthed near Washington…....
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Ramblings of an Antiquated Mind
Just a great-big bundle of…. We haven’t even reached the conventions yet…. Capitalism needs a feel good story- Steve Jobs, Andrew Carnegie etc….. Mitt Romney does not have a feel good capitalism story...
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History Channel?
Not much history here For many years of its existence… People joked that the History Channel should have been named the ‘Hitler Channel’ – because of the ceaseless broadcasts of World War II...
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Facts in Five
Thomas Jefferson edition- part 1 Jefferson had one of America’s great wine cellars- his love of wine always had him in debt. His wine cellar was 18/15/10. During his presidency he spent an estimated...
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History Channel?
Not much history here For many years of its existence… People joked that the History Channel should have been named the ‘Hitler Channel’ – because of the ceaseless broadcasts of World War II...
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Facts in Five
Thomas Jefferson edition- part 1 Jefferson had one of America’s great wine cellars- his love of wine always had him in debt. His wine cellar was 18/15/10. During his presidency he spent an estimated...
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History wishes for the New Year
A few things an academic outcast would enjoy seeing this year…. Unite us, David… A 25th anniversary edition of Stephen Ambrose’s “D-Day.” The book would feature a new introduction by David...
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Weekly History News Roundup
2014 a surprising year in archaeology… unexpected discoveries marked the past year Earthquakes threaten Michelangelo’s David… tremors have been shaking the region since Friday Best history books of...
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History Wishes for the New Year
A few things this historian wants to see in 2015…. The 150th anniversary Grand Review of the Union Armies- following the same route through the nation’s capitol. Calling all Federal reenactors! Ken...
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Useless, Useless
The History Channel has wasted far too much…broadcast time to the outlandish theories of John Wilkes Booth surviving April 26, 1865. There were far too many witnesses to his death for the escape...
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