#1860s

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NomeDaBarbarian

Thinking about how weird history is. You could have a Historical TTRPG, set in the "West," in... let's say 1863. Midst of the civil war.The party could be:-An elderly French

Jordan Ryan

JordanRyanArch

I've been following the criticism of the @IndyMonthly porch party story and there's a central architectural theory talking point that was missed: porch placement design.Most homes built before the 1940s

Mark McIntyre

mark_mcintyre

Got a little bit lost in this amazing Glasgow panorama from @GC_Archives over the Easter weekend. Here's a thread of a few things I spotted...@LostGlasgow @OssianLore @GlasgowHeritage @PastGlasgow @YourWullie @MurphyNiallGLA

Maxwell Bero

beroforcongress

My thoughts on the Maryland flag, the greatest flag in the Union. (1/14) A lot has been going around recently about the Confederate history of our flag. While important to

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

“And now we go LIVE to our correspondent, CivilWarHumor, who says the Rebels have fired on Fort Sumter.”“That’s right, Karen. It’s a dramatic day, and there’s no question: The South

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

Happy birthday to Charles Ferguson Smith -- Grant’s mentor and the dictionary definition of a “tough old sonofabitch.” He’s not a household name, cuz he died early in the war,

Ibram X. Kendi

DrIbram

How did it come to this? A racial reckoning. An antiracist revolution. My cover essay for the Sept. issue @TheAtlantic argues America is ending its denial. No president has caused

Devutopia

D_Raval

I'm staying in the Labour Party but I do understand why some people have decided to leave it. I hope this is temporary. The practical reality is that the Labour

Larry Schweikart

LarrySchweikart

1) A little post office history you may not have known.2) By the 1830s, the Post Office was a powerful force in American society. 3) Beginning in 1826, with Martin

Jess Nevins

jessnevins

I don't have a good #Juneteenth story, but I did discover some interesting stories from the life of two people who had been enslaved. They weren't freed until the

Justin Fox

foxjust

As a I discovered a couple of years ago by reading the Congressional debates over the 14th Amendment, one should never rely on anything John C. Eastman says about the

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PaulSeesequasis

Reposting this: Firstly, because the first photo is falsely attributed to the intentional slaugther of the bison in the US when, in fact, it was taken in what is now

Dr Robin Douglas

Robin_C_Douglas

Was there an esoteric/occult revival in the late Victorian period?A thread/1 It's fairly uncontroversial in the secondary literature to speak of such a thing (see e.g. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30053265?seq=1 and https://link.springe

Nafees Ur Rehman Durrani

NafeesRehmanDr

Camels were vital to the Australian economy from 1860s to 1930s but Australia has not been kind to them. Even the very first camel imported to Australia was shot in

Yoruba History - by NNP

YorubaHistory

Madam Efunroye Tinubu (c.1810-1887)An Egba woman who acquired wealth & power through participation in the Atlantic slave trade and later the European palm produce trade, as well as from domestic

Dr CN Lester

cnlester

Time for another small moment of brightness, which is to say another #QueerHistoryMonday. Today, in honour of #LesbianVisibilityWeek, let's talk about Rosa Bonheur - aged 41 and looking ludicrously handsome