History

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Watch this video for a quick brushup. I’m not a big fan of politics, but I watched The West Wing and it taught me a lot about what happens in Washington and how laws are made. And how impossible it seems to get anything done. I also recently saw Hamilton on Broadway, and learned a

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Even office supplies need to be celebrated. These things make our lives easier, don’t they? Paper Clip: a flat or nearly flat piece of metal that slides over an edge of a set of papers and holds the papers together without being bent or pinched by the user and without piercing the papers. The paper clip

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Today was fantastic. My sister and brother in law are in town and it was a perfect time to head over to Ellis Island. What a place. We listened to an audio tour describing what it was like for the people as they came off the ships and were herded through the checkpoints before they

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Take a moment to read about Samuel Mudd today. He was convicted as a co-conspirator to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He was convicted of this and sentenced to life in prison, but was later pardoned by Andrew Johnson. I don’t know enough about the story to make a judgement one way or the other,

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In remembrance of Pearl Harbor Day, I am watching Tora! Tora! Tora! It’s an interesting movie that is telling the story from both sides of the battle. I am finding it interesting to see how many decisions made perfect sense in the moment, but proved crucial in the attack. For example, one commander thought that