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Japanese US citizens and Japanese-Americans traveling to an internment camp. Camps were located in Washington state, Idaho, Colorado, Texas, and other western states....The concept of "The Other" - portrayed as a Twilight Zone alien in the Cold War e77

Japanese and American Media in Propaganda

Our Hub Series answers a request from the Hubber Prince Maak about the history of America and the New World, up through current events in the 21st century. The portal begins at this link: What Is the History...

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1973 Sinai War maps78

The Yom Kippur War

The 1973 Yom Kippur War was a war of retribution of the Arab world against Israel in a long series of wars that date back 6,000 years. It is based on the concept of retribution that guided both sides, found in previous wars and hostilities based in history and religious scriptures of both.

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Oil pooled from the Exxon Valdez - another Big Oil scandal, 1989.75

A Teapot Full of Big Oil

Big Oil seemingly has been at the foundation of several scandals in the history of the United States. This is one of the first of them.

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The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.74

Top 15 Smokin' Hot Jobs in Gaithersburg

The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.Photo credit: SilentFury on sxc.hu A northwest suburb of Washington DC, about 25 miles away and just west of the Washington National Pike (I-270), Gaithersburg,...

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Hot Jobs in Danville VA - A Micro-City For the Future

What is currently Danville was discovered as ground for a good camp site by in the 1720s by British Colonial surveyors exploring and measuring the area as they met different Native American Nations between...

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Hershey's Atomic Japan

Hiroshima tells the story of six Japanese and German victims of the atomic bombing of the 7-rivered city of Hiroshima and how they survived...

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An early image of Francis Makamie68

The Disturber of Governments: Francis McKamie

He was known as a “Disturber of Governments” and credited with bringing Presbyterianism to America. Although his impact was significant, few people even recognize the name of Francis McKamie (At that...

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Mount Vernon in the 21st Century.92

The George Washington We Never Knew

The George Washington presented to many grammar school children is not the man of reality. As often as not, he has been portrayed to have had the personality of a door and inoperative teeth. He's been...

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US History: COLD WAR INTRIGUE 1950 - 1960

The Cold War began as World War II ended and continued unti the fall of the Berlin Wall in1989 and the collapse of the USSR, around 1990 - 1991. The Cold War involved spies and counterspies, new technology...

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Cartoonist Talburt, in the Pittsburgh PA Press 79

US History: World War II & Aftermath (1935 - 1949)

A political joke and many joining it in 1935 through 1949 seemed to split the two major American polital parties further and futher apart. In the events leading up to the war, The New Deal stimulated the nation's economy and created jobs. It also simulated political discent. However, one man was elected to 4 terms as US President for the only time in history, leading the nation throughout most of WWII. It would be up to others to rebuild the world from the nightmare of war.

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