From Colorado to Wisconsin -
It seems that, even when a school system can proclaim itself 'proud American' (Fort Collins HS in Colorado gave up the ghost of its denial of 'American Day' for the student body) the actions of another speak even louder:
Daisy Luther, Organic Prepper/The Daily Sheeple
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Happy Thanksgiving! Make yours great! And remember reverence, family,
country, and to not take freedom for granted..."The Pilgrims made seven
times more graves than huts. No Americans have been more impoverished
than these who, nevertheless, set aside a day of thanksgiving." -H.U.
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On This Date In 1191 The Battle of Arsuf was fought, a battle of the Third Crusade, in which Richard I of England defeated Saladin at Arsuf. Following a series of harassing attacks by Saladin's forces, Richard's forces resisted attempts to disrupt its cohesion until the Hospitallers broke ranks; he regrouped his forces and led them to victory.…
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On This Date In 79 Stratovolcano Mount Vesuviusis erupted in the Gulf of Naples, Italy, one of the most catastrophic and famous eruptions of all time. The towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum were obliterated and buried underneath massive pyroclastic flows. An estimated 3,000 people died from the eruption.…
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On This Date In 1740 Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini (March 31, 1675 – May 3, 1758) was elected Pope Benedict XIV, and served until his death.
On This Date In 1785 Jonathan Trumbull, Sr. (October 12, 1710 – August 17, 1785), governor of both the colony and…
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Added by Walter Pearson on August 17, 2012 at 3:11pm —
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On This Date In 1756 The Battle of Fort Oswego was fought, a series of early French victories in the North American theater of the Seven Years’ War won in spite of New France’s military vulnerability. During the week of August 10, 1756, a force of regulars and Canadian militia under General Montcalm captured and occupied the British fortifications at Fort Oswego, located at the…
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On This Date In 1492 Genoese navigator, colonizer and explorer Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage to what came to be known as the New World. With three ships and a crew of ninety, Columbus hoped to find a western route to the Far East. Instead, the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria landed in the Bahama Islands.…
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On This Date In 1776 The secret Congressional emissary to France, Silas Deane, wrote a letter to Congress, informing them that he had been successful beyond his expectations in France. The Committee of Congress for Secret Correspondence, consisting of Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Harrison, John Dickinson, John Hay and Robert Morris, had instructed Deane to meet with French…
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On This Date In 1402 The Battle of Ankara took place at the field of Çubuk (near Ankara) between the forces of the Ottoman sultan Bayezid I and the Turko-Mongol forces of Timur, ruler of the Timurid Empire. The battle was a major victory for Timur, and it led to a period of crisis for the Ottoman Empire.…
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On This Date In 1787 The U.S. Congress enacted the Northwest Ordinance, structuring settlement of the Northwest Territory and creating a policy for the addition of new states to the nation. The members of Congress knew that if their new confederation were to survive intact, it had to resolve the states' competing claims to western territory.…
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On This Date In 1758 Through July 8, the Battle of Carillon, also known as the 1758 Battle of Ticonderoga, was fought during the French and Indian War (which was part of the global Seven Years War). It was fought near Fort Carillon (now known as Fort Ticonderoga) on the shore of Lake Champlain in the frontier area between the British colony of New York and the French colony of…
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On This Date In 1613 The Globe Theater in London, England, where most of Shakespeare's plays debuted, went up in flames during a performance of Henry the Eighth. A theatrical cannon, set off during the performance, misfired, igniting the wooden beams and thatching. According to one of the few surviving documents of the event, no one…
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Added by Walter Pearson on June 29, 2012 at 2:00pm —
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On This Date In 1611 After spending a winter trapped by ice in present-day Hudson Bay, the starving crew of the Discovery mutinied against its captain, English navigator Henry Hudson, and set him, his teenage son, and seven supporters adrift in a small, open boat. Hudson and the eight others were never seen again.…
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On This Date In 1779 The court-martial of Benedict Arnold convened in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After a relatively clean record in the early days of the American Revolution, Arnold was charged with 13 counts of misbehavior, including misusing government wagons and illegally buying and selling goods. Although his notorious betrayal was still many…
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On This Date In 1660 Under invitation by leaders of the English Commonwealth, Charles II, the exiled king of England, landed at Dover, England, to assume the throne and end 11 years of military rule, in what is known as the English Restoration.
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On This Date In 1676 During King Philip's War, Captain William Turner of the Massachusetts Militia and a group of about 150 militia volunteers (mostly minimally trained farmers) attacked a large fishing camp of Native Americans at Peskeopscut on the Connecticut River (now called Turners Falls, Massachusetts). The colonists claimed they killed 100–200 Native Americans in…
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On This Date In 1776 In a letter addressed to the president of Congress, American General George Washington recommended raising companies of German-Americans to use against the German mercenaries anticipated to fight for Britain. Washington hoped this would engender a spirit of disaffection and desertion among Britain's paid soldiers.…
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On This Date In 1626 Dutch colonist Peter Minuit, hired by the Dutch West India Company to oversee its trading and colonizing activities in the Hudson River region, arrived on the wooded island of Manhattan in present-day New York, and became famous for purchasing Manhattan from resident Algonquin Indians for the equivalent of $24. The transaction was a mere formality, however,…
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