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A volunteer searching the archives of the American Baptist in Massachusetts has found a nearly 180-year-old document shedding ...
When we commemorate the formal birthday of the United States of America, we don’t just celebrate a place, a set of ...
The Declaration of Independence condemns King George III for having “burnt our towns.” But the British were not to blame for ...
Gallery Mint co-founder Ron Landis, known for his innovative collectible coins like hobo nickels, has passed away at the age of 71 in Arkansas.
1783: Spain regains control of Florida after the British surrender at Yorktown, which effectively grants the United States of ...
The representation of a kangaroo with its head turned backwards looking over the shoulder on the Stubbs painting and the 1795 ...
After almost a year of beta testing, Indonesian developer Fajrul FN dropped a new trailer for their new indie beat-'em-up Acts of Blood during Summer Game Fest 2025. Set in a hazy southeast Asian ...
The Yakama War of 1855-1858 was a direct response to broken promises and an assertion of the Nation’s right to self-determination. Treaty Days is more than a remembrance; it is a declaration.
It approvingly cites California's "Greaser Act" of 1855 which provided: "All persons who are commonly known as 'Greasers' or the issue of Spanish and Indian blood, … and who go armed and are not ...
In 1855, Congress passed the Naturalization Act. The law made any immigrant woman who married a citizen man into a citizen herself, as long as she met the racial requirements for citizenship.
The boundaries of the Mille Lacs Reservation in central Minnesota exist now as they did in 1855, a federal judge has ruled. The Friday order from U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, benched ...
In late March 1855, U.S. Marshals appeared at Coulter’s doctor’s office with a warrant for the arrest of Armstead under the Fugitive Slave Act. Dr. Ide and Lewis Van Slyke boarded the train ...