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The Zimmerman Telegram as it appeared in the code used to transmit it from Washington, D.C. to Mexico City.  (Courtesy of U.S. National Archives)85

The Zimmerman Telegram

by Chuck

In a recent Hub in his excellent series about World War I, Jimmy the Jock discussed the famous Zimmerman Telegram which was instrumental in getting the U.S. to enter World War I on the side of Britain and... published 13 months ago

5 comments    politics history world war i

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Scrapbooking Ideas

by Chuck

Scrapbooking is becoming a popular pastime, as many people in our mobile and disposable culture are looking for ways to preserve parts of their past. Because we move so much and because so many of the things... published 18 months ago

2 comments    family free history

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How to Become a History Teacher

by Chuck

So, you enjoy history and would like to teach that subject but don't know how to go about becoming a history teacher? The first thing to do is decide where you would like to teach history. High school?... published 2 years ago

13 comments    how history teacher

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Hyperinflation in Post World War I Germany

by Chuck

In responding to one of the comments about my recent Hub about Congressman Ron Paul's Presidential campaign I recounted a story told to me a number of years ago by an old Austrian fellow describing his... published 12 months ago

12 comments    finance money history

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A Brief and Incomplete History of the Daiquiri

by Chuck

While checking dates for the Spanish American war for my previous posting on the repeal of the telephone tax and the little additional refund we, the over-taxed citizens of this great republic, can expect come... published 2 years ago

3 comments    history trivia daiquiri

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A Visit to Boot Hill Cemetery in Tombstone Arizona

by Chuck

A couple of hours drive south east of Tucson, Arizona is the old silver mining town of Tombstone. Best known for the gunfight at the OK Corral, Tombstone lives on despite the depletion of the mine. Instead... published 2 years ago

6 comments    education travel recreation

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Wrong Way Corrigan – NY to LA via Dublin

by Chuck

While not as common as it used to be, the phrase Wrong Way Corrigan is used to describe someone one whose actions result in the exact opposite of what they started out trying to do. I first heard the... published 8 months ago

6 comments    travel history flying

NC-4 In Flight83

U S Navy NC-4 - First Plane to Fly Across the Atlantic Ocean

by Chuck

It has been 46 years, almost a half a century since the Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to cut the bonds of Earth and venture into space on April 12, 1961. A mere four years earlier,... published 13 months ago

4 comments    technology travel history

White Star Lines' R.M.S. Titanic83

Titanic Passenger List Now Online

by Chuck

Ninety-five years ago, on April 14, 1912, the British White Star Line's largest ship, the R.M.S. Titanic, hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank. Out of her approximately 2,200 passengers and crew,... published 13 months ago

2 comments    family history genealogy

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Yahoo Time Capsule Update

by Chuck

Despite a setback when Yahoo was forced to cancel the time capsule ceremony at the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan in Mexico, the time capsule project itself continues to gather interest and move forward. ... published 2 years ago

0 comments    family technology history

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