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June 23, 2006 11:03 PM EDT --                 I'd like to introduce you to Captain Nichola Goddard. Captain Goddard was 26 years old on May 2, 2006. She was well loved by family . . . more
December 05, 2007 12:52 PM EST -- There is much misunderstanding in our modern culture about the term, "separation of church and state." Rather than using it as it was originally intended, it has been twisted around to mean . . . more
Rick's Rules of History
by Rick Beyer
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October 15, 2007 01:13 PM EDT --   A few thoughts on history that I modestly named after myself.   1. Everything that ever happened almost didn't...and vice versa. As David McCullough likes to say, "There is no . . . more
November 10, 2008 05:55 PM EST -- Dear President-elect Obama,   Congratulations on your historic landmark victory. I wanted to take a moment, after collecting my thoughts, to send this to you. I assume you are still rightly . . . more
September 27, 2006 11:45 AM EDT -- Warning, this is another one of my periodic "why people should pay more attention to history posts." Today, after reading about recent revelations of Saudi-Israeli contacts I was reminded of . . . more
January 27, 2008 12:38 AM EST -- Back on November 7, 2007, I wrote an article about a grave robbery here in Hillsboro, New Hampshire. Some of you asked me for more information or an update when I heard any more news on this crime. . . . more
August 21, 2006 05:27 AM EDT -- I am currently reading this book.  I am within 20 pages of being done.  If you want to read a good book on World War II this is it.  It is written fron the tapes of interviews done after . . . more
April 04, 2008 06:03 PM EDT -- This being the 40th anniversary of that tragic event, I'm just curious how many people here remember what they were doing when they first learned that Dr. King had been shot.  I know virtually . . . more
History: Our Mirror
by Sean Paul Kelley
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September 17, 2006 11:07 PM EDT -- Some of you might be wondering why I posted a Robert Graves poem, "The Persian Version," without comment. I was hoping someone might make the connection, but then again, it's not like Graves . . . more
September 28, 2006 09:48 AM EDT -- This Day in History -- 1958:  Madagascar  voted for autonomy within the French Community. 1920:  In what became known as the Black Sox Scandal, eight members of the Chicago White . . . more
May 23, 2007 10:39 PM EDT -- If you go to this web site, www.letssaythanks.com , you can pick out a thank you card and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out . . . more
August 21, 2006 03:37 AM EDT --   When I lived in the area, this was one of the first places I visited. It's beautiful. The area, George Washinton's plantation & home. Visiting gives you a whole new perspective on . . . more
November 02, 2006 11:53 PM EST -- History has always been a passion of mine, and this is one of my favorite stories. Marian Anderson was a brilliant opera singer who embarked on her impressive career during the late 1920's. She . . . more
December 22, 2006 02:39 PM EST -- Soldiers Missing In Action from Vietnam War are Identified From the United States Department of Defense Dec. 19, 2006 The Department of Defense Prisoner Of War/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced . . . more
January 13, 2007 05:14 PM EST --      In my circle of former liberal friends, I am viewed as a traitor ever since I started writing letters to the editor expressing my concerns with the threat from radical Islam . . . more
July 19, 2006 08:44 PM EDT -- The House failed to overturn President Bush's veto of legislation easing limits on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. The vote was 235-193, 51 short of the required two-thirds majority. . . . more
November 12, 2006 09:06 PM EST -- These are legitimate questions. It is obvious that terrorists regard America and Americans as enemies and we regard them the same way. This question is not to validate or invalidate that fact. Every American . . . more
July 11, 2007 06:10 PM EDT -- I just heard on the news that former first lady Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson died this afternoon at the age of 94. A southern classic, Lady Bird retained her beauty and her charm up way past the . . . more
September 27, 2006 10:00 AM EDT --            Romania & Bulgaria Now In the EU Bulgaria's Geography: 42,855 square miles. Population is 8 million. Situated in the center of the . . . more
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