Tag: history
group name: gatherholics
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May 29, 2007 10:33 AM EDT --
The first African slaves arrived in Virginia in 1619.
Kunte Kinte, his daughter Kizzy, and her son George noticed that every time the whites "massas" became frightened--most likely by the threat . . .
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May 02, 2007 07:13 AM EDT --
One of my favorite quotes is from "Phaedo." There are many articles here on Gather that brought this to my mind and I wanted to share.
"O my dear Simmias, is there not one true coin . . .
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August 17, 2007 02:05 PM EDT --
If your looking for a nice fall festival to attend in the midwest, you might be interested in attending this years Johnny Appleseed Festival in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It's going to be held September . . .
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July 09, 2007 03:30 PM EDT --
I'm in college and have a literature class all about history. It was never my subject in school and I hoping that has changed. This is my first week of the 8 week course and already I have . . .
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February 16, 2007 06:14 PM EST --
Reposted to fix formatting screw-ups. Fingers crossed that it works this time around.
I've been writing short stories off and on for several years, and all of them have been set in . . .
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October 15, 2007 09:07 AM EDT --
I know I have been posting tons of pictures on historical places! I love showing people the beauty of America. If I traveled outside , I would show that too!
I just hope that I have made you guys want . . .
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January 29, 2007 10:32 PM EST --
Just out of curiosity's sake, I notice quite a few on this list... Why are you interested in herbal or natural healing? Do you have a family history? Are you unsatisfied with dealings with the FDA . . .
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April 01, 2008 02:41 AM EDT --
On April 1st, 2004 we got a call from our doctor that confirmed we were pregnant. It was NOT an April fools joke, it was a happy day for us. We were pregnant with our first child.
Sadly, that pregnancy . . .
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June 15, 2007 04:37 PM EDT --
I joined this area? group? at the invite of a quiescent
member of one of the four Listserv lists I'm an active
part of, mostly by submitting this essay or that, primarily
about foreign policy. . . .
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June 03, 2008 02:45 PM EDT --
Decades have come and gone like seasons of various lengths
Black and white TV seems like the faintest of dreams
Then I saw the peacock and heard Walt Disney speak
And off we went twisting down new . . .
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March 27, 2008 10:14 PM EDT --
Can you feel the LOVE?
On this day in 2007 , the wife of Velvet Revolver singer Scott Weiland was arrested on suspicion of burning over $10,000 (£5,000) of his belongings . . .
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November 15, 2007 08:55 PM EST --
So we are all prepared for Thanksgiving next week I thought I would post the words to the song and I looked in Wikipedia, this is what I found there-
"Over the River and Through the . . .
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March 13, 2009 03:57 PM EDT --
Found these sexest "gems" on the net
Then I thought these were a bit bizarre as well . . .
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July 02, 2007 08:55 PM EDT --
I just began reading a book called "The People's History of the United States" by Howard Zinn. I tried reading it several times, but put it down because I thought he was "deningrating . . .
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June 27, 2007 11:44 PM EDT --
I live near Andersonville Georgia. Andersonville is full of echos, in the prison and in the cemetery you can hear echos. The echos of 45,000 prisoners who were at Andersonville from February 1864 . . .
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September 05, 2007 12:05 AM EDT --
Fort Reno started out as a military camp in 1874. It was established with the purpose to keep peace and protect the Cheyenne's and Arapahos. The Cavalry and Infantry that were stationed there helped . . .
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July 24, 2007 01:47 PM EDT --
Today is a sad day for the Jewish People--On the 9th day of Av, Av is a name of a Hebrew month, the two Holy Temples were destroyed in Israel over two thousand years ago, the first one by the Babylonians . . .
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June 17, 2007 06:17 PM EDT --
This is a vexing question to me, perhaps
because of the enormous hostility a sizable
number of Americans seem to have about
immigrants (again) despite the *fact* that
everyone in the Western hemisphere . . .
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August 25, 2007 09:43 PM EDT --
The Columbia Encyclopedia says it better than I probably would (imagine that) so here it is folks, flung at ya - and it's fascinating!!!
And a question to ponder when . . .
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