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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 5, 2023 10:38:11 GMT -5
I wasn't sure where to put this, but it's reasonably historical. In the video an architect looks at three important NYC buildings that have since been demolished. This was actually precipitated by the Penn Station demolition coming up in Mad Men. But architectural history is pretty interesting.
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Post by Confessor on May 5, 2023 11:52:49 GMT -5
I wasn't sure where to put this, but it's reasonably historical. In the video an architect looks at three important NYC buildings that have since been demolished. This was actually precipitated by the Penn Station demolition coming up in Mad Men. But architectural history is pretty interesting. That's been showing up in my feed too lately. Haven't watched it yet, but will soon. Looks interesting. |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 17, 2023 10:32:01 GMT -5
It's the 69th anniversary of the United States Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education was announced. Here's hoping it survives the current Court.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 20, 2023 15:53:34 GMT -5
Nice documentary from Oregon Public Broadcasting on the Modoc War of 1872-73. I'm pretty well versed in American Indian history, but this was a bit of a blind spot for me before I read Peter Cozzens' "The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West." Worth the short time commitment.
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 21, 2023 6:14:45 GMT -5
Nice documentary from Oregon Public Broadcasting on the Modoc War of 1872-73. I'm pretty well versed in American Indian history, but this was a bit of a blind spot for me before I read Peter Cozzens' "The Earth Is Weeping: The Epic Story of the Indian Wars for the American West." Worth the short time commitment. Thanks for the link, I'll be sure to watch that at some point. I only know very little about the Modoc War - mostly that the leader of the Modocs was Captain Jack (Kintpaush) and that the latter was responsible for the killing of General Canby (after whom a town pretty close to Portland was named). |
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2023 12:57:24 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2023 4:39:12 GMT -5
I like this:
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Post by Slam_Bradley on May 31, 2023 18:38:35 GMT -5
Another video from Oregon Public Broadcasting. I was semi-familiar with the Hell's Canyon Massacre from a book on Idaho history I read some time back, but this gives a lot more context. I need to find the book again (or my files) because I'm almost certain there was a similar killing on either the Salmon or the Clearwater Rivers. I had thought about using them as a basis for a historical novel. The violence against Chinese in America tends to get glossed over, though not nearly as badly as violence against Filipinos and Hispanics. EdoBosnar give this a look. |
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Post by EdoBosnar on Jun 1, 2023 1:25:07 GMT -5
Another video from Oregon Public Broadcasting. I was semi-familiar with the Hell's Canyon Massacre from a book on Idaho history I read some time back, but this gives a lot more context. I need to find the book again (or my files) because I'm almost certain there was a similar killing on either the Salmon or the Clearwater Rivers. I had thought about using them as a basis for a historical novel. The violence against Chinese in America tends to get glossed over, though not nearly as badly as violence against Filipinos and Hispanics. (...) Yeah, another aspect of Oregon's history in particular - like that fact that it was in essence a "sundown state" ( and not just town) for a big chunk of the 19th and early 20th century - that you never learn about in school or anywhere else when growing up there. At least that was the case back in the '70s and '80s. Anyway, thanks for the tip on this video.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Jun 11, 2023 19:44:57 GMT -5
The earliest person named in our literature was a fellow named Kushim. Or was it his title? We don't know. But it's cool as can be that there would be a very first person whose name we know.
Meanwhile, the first named author was Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad. Those names really should be known by every schoolchild on the planet, as they belong to our common heritage!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2023 10:44:06 GMT -5
From the head of MI6:
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2023 16:53:46 GMT -5
The earliest person named in our literature was a fellow named Kushim. Or was it his title? We don't know. But it's cool as can be that there would be a very first person whose name we know. Meanwhile, the first named author was Enheduanna, daughter of Sargon of Akkad. Those names really should be known by every schoolchild on the planet, as they belong to our common heritage! I grabbed a video for the world's first recorded math mistake to add to the "firsts", not realizing it was made by this Kushim fellow (the math mistake, not the video). |
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Post by berkley on Jul 2, 2023 23:06:25 GMT -5
Yesterday was the 107th anniversary of Beaumont-Hamel, an action in the Battle of the Somme in WWI in which the Royal Newfoundland Regiment was nearly wiped out: out of 800+ men who went over the top only 68 were able to answer roll-call the following morning. They have a service every year at the War Memorial not far from my apartment but I usually don't get up early enough to make it. This year I did, though, and it was nice. I was impressed that official representatives from the UK, Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, and Turkey all showed up to lay wreaths. And they had a choir to sing the Ode to Newfoundland.
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2023 10:39:40 GMT -5
Happy 4th!
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Post by codystarbuck on Jul 4, 2023 10:48:15 GMT -5
Just because.....
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