#1865

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pptsapper

Hi, in honor of Army of the Potomac Kicking Ass Week, here's some dogs of the Army of the Potomac. This is Jack, mascot of the 102d Pennsylvania from PittsburghHe

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daysiabee

WE ARE TIRED: a thread In 1619, the “first” enslaved Africans were brought to Virginia aboard The White Lion. “20 and odd” Africans were stolen and forced into slave labor

NK Finney

NKFinney

As an intellectual exercise, @JimRainey10 recently shared the idea of focusing in on one book to be shared at each rank of the military to help them on their intellectual

Adam Roberts

arrroberts

This is the Royal Navy armoured frigate HMS Agincourt, launched 1865. She had five masts capable of full sail, a steam-driven propellor, and her hull was covered with 5-inch thick

Meyer Memorial Trust

meyermt

This Friday, for the first time, @meyermt will close to honor#Juneteenth, a celebration marking the 155th anniversary of the day in 1865 when the last enslaved Black Americans in the

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taehyung as pierre-auguste renoir landscapes : a thread garden in the rue cortot montmartre; 1876 the skiff (la yole); 1875 a clearing in the woods; 1865 duck pond; 1873 the

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1/n Group of five Hada Rajputs posed at the base of a tree, photo taken by Eugene Clutterbuck Impey in the early 1860's, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections.

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/11) Thomas Holmes—the “Father of Modern Embalming”—had an unusual way of advertising his services during the American Civil War. In shop windows, he displayed the preserved bodies of unknown soldiers,

Society for One-Place Studies

OnePlaceStudies

The Ancient Order of Foresters, nowadays the Foresters Friendly Society, is one of the oldest such organisations in the UK. In my Waters Upton #OnePlaceStudy the Hearts of Oak Lodge

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Let me use you as a point of contact to other ill-bred sub-literates who throw tantrums when their sentiments are not caressed. Consider this a free education and print yourself

Lisa 🍃🕊

lisaf15021

1865: In a statement to Congress, President Abraham Lincoln states, “I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institutions in the rear. Of

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

So.We should talk about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the Black Easter of 1865 that forever changed America by knotting national identity and religion and hiding our toxic racism.Here's

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abolishICE___

One day, y’all will realize that these corporations own more land than we could ever dream of, or catch up to — it’s okay to break a few of their

Netflix

netflix

If you’re wondering why people are calling for today, Juneteenth, to be a national holiday... you might only know part 1 of the “how slavery ended in America” story.When white

Billy

TxBornSooner

Happy #JUNETEENTH2020 The importance of this day in my opinion is Rivaled by very few in American History. 155 yrs ago today for the 1st time in the HISTORY

Sophie Michell

SophieMHistory

Right, SECOND INTERESTING THING OF THE DAY, and @RWLDproject will enjoy this one. Today, I catalogued four years of inquest (1864-1868). Seventy inquests in total.Guess how many were railway accidents?