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Penelope Barker: First American Woman Political Activist

Tea was a symbol of prosperity for colonial Americans, but for colonists like Penelope Barker the British went to far with the Tea Act of 1773. Inspired by the Boston Tea Party, Barker organized a protest...

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00 Index to Love Letters from Vietnam

01-Love Letters from Vietnam: Basic Training Begins 02-Love Letters from Vietnam: Processing Before Basic Training 03-Love Letters from Vietnam: PT in Fort Campbell Heat 04-Love Letters from Vietnam:...

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US History: The Great Society 1963 - 1968

President Lyndon Baines Johnson called for a country free of racial tensions, class and race segregation, and prejudice. We declared the War on Poverty that we could not win. He also proclaimed the Great Society...

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The Best 10 Protest Songs

For as long as people have sung there have probably been songs of protest! There is something incredibly moving about a group singing with passion as any English football fan will tell you! Well this is...

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The Role of the Printing Press in the Reformation

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of...

10 comments    bible communication culture
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Bonfire Night in England--Remember, Remember the 5th of November-Guy Fawkes-England's first terrorist gang?

England is a strange place and its people rather quirky. At least I think they are and I was born and bred in England, and still live there. There can be few places around the world that would still...

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New Senate Health Insurance Bill Essentially Creates "Poor Tax"

My face is turning blue on finding out the details of the new Senate health insurance bill. This is the bill by Senator Max Baucus, the senior Democratic Senator from Montana. And what is making me blow a...

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The Best 10 Protest Songs

For eons people have used music to express their emotions and thoughts. Music has a way of conveying information that transcends time and makes the message more potent.Music was a way to inspire and move the...

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What is a HERO?

Hero. I'm becoming suspect of the word "Hero", which is regrettable, given the times we live in. Near the turn of the millennium, we all bore witness to the evils of men driving planes through two of North...

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My Sister's Crazy Catholic Convent School Experiences with the Mad Nuns that Ran it.

During the 1970's my older Sister attended a Catholic Convent School that literally made her life hell on earth. The Nuns were completely crazy, and anything but religious. As promised on another Hub I have...

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