#1861

Jonathan White

CivilWarJon

Last night at bedtime I read my 6 year old a little bit of "They Knew Lincoln" (@OUPHistory), a 1940s folk history of African Americans & Abraham Lincoln. She asked

Joshua Zeitz

JoshuaMZeitz

Democrats should take a cue from the generation of Northern Republicans that governed in the 1860s. Expand SCOTUS, kill the filibuster, admit new states, refuse to seat congressmen elected in

Hovh. Nazaretyan

HovhanNaz

in 1861 Mikayel Nalbandian, a reformist and secular writer, wrote against the idea that Armenians have preserved their identity because of the church. Indeed, he argued the only reason we

themilpub

themilpub

April 24, 1861. San Francisco, California. Brigadier General Edwin V. Sumner relieves Brevet Brigadier General Albert S. Johnston and assumes command of the Department of the Pacific. Johnston had already

RRC Suds

SudsG4

lot of the communal violence including Lynchings or love jihad murders and rioting followed by police excess all stems from a failed police system and a dysfunctional judiciary. India cannot

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

On November 7, 1861, a young general named Ulysses S. Grant narrowly “won” the Battle of Belmont, MO, nearly getting captured and shot when his raw troops got a TAD

Windsor & Royal Borough Museum

Windsor_Museum

It's #NationalTeaDay so naturally, being the tea enthusiasts we are, we’ve put together a thread of our favourite tea related objects from our collection. First is this delightful photo of

Bharadwaj

BharadwajSpeaks

Until 19th century in India, there was a group of selfless scholarly Brahmins whose job was treating people during Pandemic.They used to travel village to village & vaccinate everyone without

Misha Saul

misha_saul

This gorgeous little book is really something. Zen monks and haiku poets, the dates of their deaths, and their final poems."Japanese Death Poems" (Examples in thread) "All moving thingsCome to

Crystal Palace F.C. (H)

CPFC

Crystal Palace Football Club: The Pride of south London since 1861.#CPFC1861 So you think you know your football history? The research behind our claim http://bit.ly/3bruAMB #CPFC1861

Canadian Nomad

NomadCanadian

Shermarke Cali Saalax 1776-1861.Xaaji Shermarke the most famous and most powerful Somali of the 19th century and the creator of the first Somali political entity emirate.Marston, Britain's Imperial Role, 125

Jeff Stein

JStein_WaPo

In 1860, a youth abolitionist network called “the Wide Awakes” sprung up in cities across the north. They would show up uninvited at politicians’ homes in the middle of the

Nick Kapur

nick_kapur

A thread of images from a Japanese illustrated history of America from 1861.Here is George Washington (with bow and arrow) pictured alongside the Goddess of America. 1/ Here is Christopher

Chad Loder

chadloder

Right-wing protesters in Lansing, Michigan are out protesting the "Stay Home, Stay Safe" order.The protest is preventing ambulances from dropping off patients at Sparrow Hospital. A confederate battle flag with

MrBoxh3adLOL

Boxh3adLol

For the past 4 years #Democrats have called the Republican party the biggest problems the world has ever faced such as Fascists, Racists, Bigots. But why is it that these

Ritwik.

FlawedGuitarist

"Scindhia's loyalty saved India for the British", said historian Innes. Scindhia's of Gwalior along with Begum of Bhopal, Salar Jung, Jung Bahadur HELPED British East India company in suppressing the