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80: “Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus:” A History
“Church bristled and pooh-poohed at the subject when I suggested that he write a reply to Virginia O’Hanlon.”
This is the story of America’s most famo…
5 years, 5 months ago
79: The Indian Wars (Part 3): Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce & Standing Bear’s Fight for Civil Rights
“Does this court think an Indian is a competent witness?”
This is the story of the start of Indigenous civil rights.
Since the arrival of Lewis and Cla…
5 years, 5 months ago
78: The Indian Wars (Part 2): The Battle of the Little Bighorn (the Greasy Grass)
“There’s a good fight coming over the hill. That’s where the big fight is going to be. We’ll not miss that one.”
This is the story of the Battle of th…
5 years, 6 months ago
77: The Indian Wars (Part 1): The U.S.-Dakota War
“To be hanged by the neck until he is dead.”
This is the story of the US-Dakota War. The most eastern of the three major Sioux peoples, the Dakota are…
5 years, 6 months ago
76: Reconstruction (Part 4): The Battle of Liberty Place and the Mississippi Plan
“Hang Kellogg! We’ll fight!”
This is the story of the end of Reconstruction.
Voter fraud and intimidation has made Louisiana’s 1872 Gubernatorial elect…
5 years, 7 months ago
75: Reconstruction (Part 3): The Rise of the KKK and the First Black Men in Government
“Boys, let us get up a club or society of some description.”
This is the story of Reconstruction peaking and its opponents organizing to fight back.
Wi…
5 years, 7 months ago
74: Reconstruction (Part 2): The Presidency of Ulysses S. Grant
"The office has come to me unsought; I commence its duties untrammeled. I bring to it a conscious desire and determination to fill it to the best of…
5 years, 8 months ago
73: Reconstruction (Part 1): The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson
“You are placed in a position where you have the power to save or destroy us; to bless or blast us--I mean our whole race.”
This is the story of the f…
5 years, 8 months ago
72: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
“Sic semper tyrannis!”
This is the story of deception. Conspiracy. Assassination.
The handsome, 26-year-old successful actor John Wilkes Booth has symp…
5 years, 9 months ago
71: Revisiting the Hamilton/Burr Duel: An Affair of Honor
"Adieu best of wives and best of women."
We’re interrupting our usual chronological walk through US history today to bring you a remastered, new sound…
5 years, 9 months ago