Politics and Military
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5.7K1Frederick Douglass’ Fifth of July Speech Asks ‘What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?’
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? is the popular name of a speech delivered by Frederick Douglass on the...
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4.8KThe Greely Expedition Plants the Flag ‘Farthest North’
Buddy Levy relates an inspiring and harrowing tale in Labyrinth of Ice, his account of the Greely Expedition of 1881-1884. The expedition...
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4.4KThe War of 1812 and How To Win When Outnumbered: Perspective
The past is a foreign country. Once upon a time I drove up through Maine and across the border into the wilds...
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5.3KThe Story of Jesse Brown and Tom Hudner, Narragansett Bay Aviators
In 2018 the U.S. Navy commissioned the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hudner in Boston. The ship’s name pays tribute to two...
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8.7KThe Ladies of Gray, Maine, Bury an Unknown Confederate Soldier
The Ladies of Gray had good reason to despise the Confederacy and its people. The small Maine town sent 200 of its...
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7.0KJohn Quincy Adams’ Bad Boy Brother Charles
John Quincy Adams’ diary must have been irresistible reading for his bad boy brother Charles. John Quincy started his diary at the...
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