The names being erased in Philadelphia include Ona Judge, who escaped from the President's House in 1796 to freedom in New Hampshire. You can read her story here. The image below is one I took of a panel that I presume was removed from the President's House site.
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"Terrains of Independence features more than a dozen maps of Boston, New England and the Western Hemisphere made before, during and after the American Revolution. They tell the story of how Boston and its landscape made the region a power keg for revolutionary ideas."
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Tomorrow is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. My book, SAFE PASSAGE, tells the stories of civilians evacuated from Oahu after the bombing. I wrote this book 11 years ago to honor my mother, who was there, and whose husband was killed during the attack.
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Remember Pearl Harbor! And remember the civilians. SAFE PASSAGE tells the stories of evacuees after the bombing. @pearlharborday1941.bsky.social @starsandstripes.bsky.social #NPS #PearlHarborNationalMemorialHawaii @ww2historygal.bsky.social
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This digital image of Charles Blaskowitz's early 1777 map of New York Island doesn't do it justice -- it is taller than I am -- but it is a unique perspective on the British invasion. It narrates the British campaign. Zoom in for delicious details. #HATM
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Nellie Bly left for her around-the-world trip on this day in 1889. 72 days later she was back home in #NewYorkCity. Read about Nellie's New York in my blog post below.
@newyorkalmanack.bsky.social @nyhistory.bsky.social @discovering.nyc @brookekroeger.bsky.social
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"It's like the owners locked the door and walked away."
Traveling to History visits #Pennsylvania and the Cornwall Iron Furnace, a completely intact charcoal blast furnace from the 19th Century.
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Read "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." A great way to get in the Halloween spirit.
It's time for my tradition of reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow just before Halloween. I love Irving's description of the flora and fauna of the #hudsonvalley, and, of course, of Ichabod Crane, too. He captures the bounty and foreboding of autumn perfectly. #VisitHudsonValley #WashingtonIrving
On the Fourth of July 1898, the steamer Surf City was taking passengers home after a day of celebrating at #SalemWillows. A sudden gale capsized the boat. Eight women and children lost their lives.
@salemma.bsky.social #BeverlyMass @mhs1791.bsky.social
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The steamer Surf City capsized in Beverly Harbor on the Fourth of July 1898. Eight people lost their lives, including three siblings. Here is my story about this disaster.
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James Fenimore Cooper’s visit to Lake George in August, 1824 helped inspire his novel Last of the Mohicans.
Here's my latest piece, combining a love for history and travel.
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Thanks!
For those unfamiliar the National Digital Newspaper Program funds states to digitize newspapers—which are then collected in the archive Chronicling America—NDNP & ChronAm are related but not the same—the funding program has been shut down—the archive is still online—though I worry for its future
Congrats to the 6888th Battalion for receiving Congressional Gold Medal. A bit late - but well earned.
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Unclear antecedent, but I’ll take either.
It was a classic pitching duel between Boston's Babe Ruth and Washington's Walter Johnson. Larry Gardner's clutch hit in the 13th won it for the Sox.
#RedSox #WashingtonSenators
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#OTD April 22, 1692, a case of mistaken identity in Salem! 30 year old Nehemiah Abbott Jr. of Ipswich is set free by the court - it was not his specter, but someone who looked like him. He is the first and only person freed by the Court of Oyer and Terminer after initial questioning.
In April 1830, the country was obsessed with a brutal murder and explosive murder trial in #SalemMass. The presiding judge dropped dead, the prime suspect killed himself, and Daniel Webster himself led the case for the prosecution.
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Haha! Love it!
Huckleberry Finn
Especially today!
Does CNN know there were demonstrations today?
This but non-ironically.
Such names were the sign of a more intellectually and morally ambitious culture.
Happy birthday Thaddeus Stevens, ardent abolitionist, Radical Republican, and champion of the 13th Amendment. #USHistory @fifer1863.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social
If you like seeing the bare bones of historic houses, the Lynnhaven House in Virginia Beach is for you. This 1725 4-room house has been stripped to studs and exposed brick during the renovation process.
#VirginiaBeach #HistoricHouses #VirginiaHistory
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Nellie Bly was one of the most successful investigative reporters in the 1880s and 1890s, when opportunities for women in the newspaper industry were limited. Her stories were front page in Pulitzer's New York World.
#WomensHistoryMonth @womenshistnet.bsky.social
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@elisehooper.bsky.social I am starting Angels of the Pacific tonight.
Women's contributions to Fort Monroe in #HamptonVA have been essential since its founding. Don't erase them.
You can read their story here.
#WomensHistoryMonth #USArmy @womenshistnet.bsky.social @amrevmuseum.bsky.social @civilwarmemory.bsky.social
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