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Picture: By William Barnes Wollen (1857–1936), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.. Source.
Posted October 19 2024
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However loud his critics shouted their disapproval, Abraham Lincoln would neither deprive them of free speech nor change his opinions.
Picture: Winslow Homer (1836–1910). Source.
Posted September 21 2022
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On the evening of October 7th, 1777, as fighting on Bemis Heights subsided, Harriet Acland came to General Burgoyne with a startling request.
Picture: By Hugh Charles McBarron, Jr. (1902-1992), via the US Army Center for Military History and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted August 1 2022
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A ‘slight and delicate’ Canadian woman defied twenty miles of rugged terrain in sweltering heat to warn of an impending attack by American invaders.
Picture: By Lorne Kidd Smith (1880-1966), via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted February 2 2022
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Twenty teams of dogs ran a life-or-death race against time over Alaska’s frozen trails to bring medicines to desperately sick children.
Picture: © Markus Trienke, Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.. Source.
Posted January 23 2022
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The tighter the US Government’s stranglehold on dissent grew, the harder Daniel Webster fought for freedom of speech.
Picture: By Henry R. Robinson, via the Library of Congress and Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.. Source.
Posted August 23 2021