AMERICAN HISTORY

A Mysterious Glow That Stunned History: The Battle Of Shiloh

“That is when things got strange….After the battle was over, many wounded soldiers lay in a muddy field waiting for help. As night fell, their wounds began to glow. Doctors could not explain the phenomenon, but they did notice that the men whose wounds glowed had a better chance for survival than those whose wounds did not glow. They experienced lower rates of infections and healed faster. The soldiers called the light that helped save their lives the “Angel’s Glow.” Dr. Norbert Herzog and Dr. David Niesel There were many battles during the U.S Civil War but none as strange…

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Duel At Dawn╽The Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Rivalry

“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have is this. When I have a subject in mind, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.” ― Alexander Hamilton Born in the West Indies, Alexander Hamilton’s historical background is quite rich and unique. He immigrated to the colonies at a young age where he played a crucial and prominent role during the…

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Historical Poem╽In the Skies of Courage: Amelia Earhart’s Journey

“The stars seemed near enough to touch and never before have I seen so many. I always believed the lure of flying is the lure of beauty… You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life, and the procedure, the process is its own reward… Adventure is not outside, it is within”   Amelia Earhart Amelia Earhart remains an iconic figure in aviation history, celebrated not only for her remarkable achievements but also for breaking gender barriers in a male-dominated field. Her most notable feat was being the firs pilot to successfully…

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The Underground Railroad & Harriet Tubman’s Fight To Free The Enslaved

“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger… If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you… Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.” – Harriet Tubman Most already know the history surrounding the Underground Railroad, a network of intricate routes, transportation, and secret safe houses that abolitionist established in order to help slaves reach freedom. They were usually taken up north…

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A Revolutionary War Hero: Sybil Ludington’s Night To Remember!

Sybil Ludington was a young and impressive colonial woman living just outside of New York in rural Dutchess county at the start of the American Revolution in 1775. She was the eldest daughter of commander Henry Ludington. Sybil’s father belonged to the Dutchess County militia. In a moment’s notice with one decisive action the sixteen-year-old would show her worth and save lives. Sybil Ludington has often been compared to Paul Revere because the two each managed to ride swiftly and provide warning of the incoming British Army during the revolutionary war. Sybil’s story is quite remarkable considering that she made…

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I Must Leave Or Be A Prisoner: Dolley Madison Flees The White House!

“Mr. Carroll, has come to hasten my departure, in a bad humor, because I insist on waiting until the picture of Washington is secured, and it requires to be unscrewed from the wall. This process was too tedious for these perilous moment. And now, I must leave this house, or the army will make me a prisoner” – Dolley Madison.  Upon their victory at the Battle of Bladensburg on August 24th, 1814; British troops rush their forces to the nation’s capital at Washington in order to destroy governmental buildings and raise as much havoc as possible. Witnessing his army’s defeat,…

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Lost Dog of the American Revolution: General Howe & George Washington

The story begins on a bloody battlefield one cold foggy morning in October. A huge battle rages all around in a small place called Germantown. Men by the thousands are engaged in the fighting. Chaos is everywhere among the muskets and canons. Washington has eleven-thousand men against the British’s nine-thousand soldiers. A little dog is lost in the aftermath… George Washington is a prominent figure remembered for the numerous things he accomplished throughout his life. In today’s post, I wanted to bring back out a story about Washington in honor of President’s Day. He is a founding father that led…

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Writing For Woman’s Suffrage – The Final Days Of Success

There were many people fighting for the rights of women for decades leading up to the women suffrage movement and the creation of The National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA).  In the year following the ratification of the 15th amendment, the NWSA sent a voting rights petition to the Senate and House of Representatives. They were requesting that suffrage rights be extended to women and that women be granted the privilege of being heard on the floor of Congress. Women wanted the right to vote; moreover, they sought equal access to education and employment, equality within marriage, and a married woman’s right…

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The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire: Those Who Lived To Tell The Tale!

“I was choking. The fire was in the hall… I put my muff around my head tightly and I ran right through the fire. The fur caught on fire. When we got down stairs they kept us in the hall… Not the street, because the bodies were falling down. I saw one woman jump and get caught on a hook on the 6th floor and watched how a fireman saved her.” – Rose Hauser The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was one of the deadliest industrial fires to occur in U.S History. The early evening of March 25th, 1911, left a…

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Even Thomas Jefferson Struggled As A Father! Letters To Eleven Year Old “Patsy”

Thomas Jefferson was one of the authors of the declaration of independence, a founding father, and later a president of the United States of America; however, before all of that he was a husband and a father. In today’s post we are going to be sharing some letters he wrote to his eleven year old daughter Martha (Patsy) after the death of his wife. Thomas Jefferson’s wife Martha died at the age of thirty-three on September 6, 1782 just months after giving birth to the couple’s sixth child. This left a grief stricken and extremely depressed Jefferson with an enormous…

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