Why did Americans bomb relatively small cities and not the capital? ? submitted by /u/Oxxypinetime_ [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

--- 1800: John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut. He became famous for leading a raid on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an effort to start a slave rebellion. On October 16, 1859, John Brown led 18 men (13 whites and 5 blacks) into Harpers Ferry. They seized the arsenal with the hope that local slaves would join the raiders to be armed and then spread throughout Virginia. It was a complete failure. On December 2, 1859, Brown was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia (now part of West Virginia). He had written a note in his cell which read in part: “I, John Brown, am now quite c ..read more

I was teaching my 2nd grader about the Declaration of Independence last week (going through it line by line to talk about context and decode the text for his understanding) and was struck by the inclusion of “pursuit of happiness”. Life and liberty are understandably foundational rights but how unusual was it to consider personal satisfaction as such? Are there historical precedents? Was the meaning of the phrase different to the founders than it would be for a modern audience? submitted by /u/Due-Consideration-89 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

--- 1884: Future president Harry S. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri. --- 1945: VE Day (Victory in Europe Day), the end of World War II in Europe. Nazi Germany actually surrendered on May 7, but the day of celebration was set for May 8. However, the war in the Pacific against Japan continued and would not end until the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Japan and the USSR entered the war against Japan. --- "The Making and Utilization of the Atomic Bomb". That is the title of the two-episode series of my podcast: History Analyzed. Get answers to all of your questions about the history of the atomi ..read more

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Sorry if this isn't the right sub for this or this is against the rules but I'm trying to think of a quote where it was this white man talking about how he told a black man (i think this was during or just after slavery) that he considered him as human as a white man and the black man responded by basically saying 'it doesn't matter if you consider me human because I know I am and you cannot take away or give me my humanity because I already have it'. Does anyone know what I'm talking about and possibly the source of this quote? Admittedly I did first see this in a Tumblr post, so it might ha ..read more

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Arista ordered two cavalry charges against the right and left flanks of the US Army, that proved to be unsuccesful. Basically the much stronger US light artillery gave it an edge. ​ https://preview.redd.it/wsbdovw826zc1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=82b06d9e94a76820b8bb606c0d6c45f6d1f746c3 https://preview.redd.it/mn1j8iu726zc1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=52903aebd8e21a5a1e7f53f440d74be716ed34b2 https://preview.redd.it/r7q0gr2l16zc1.png?width=640&format=png&auto=webp&s=f445f7fb72cfc5b575df329ca8c1bf296a669465 submitted by /u/LoneWolfIndi ..read more

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