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• Select Rowan students will search for Revolutionary War artifacts at Red Bank Battlefield.

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  Rowan students will search for Revolutionary War artifacts at Red Bank Battlefield.

  Author:Abigail TwifordFrom:UWIRE Text

  Mar. 29, 2023554 words Article 1470LByline: Abigail Twiford "Volunteers Joe Reilly, Drew Stanzeski, Guy Digiugno and others processed soil and debris from trenches to salvage tiny artifacts from the Red Bank Battlefield Archaeology project." - Photo via...
• Select New Findings on Imperial and Commonwealth History from Yale University Summarized ('a High Tory and an American Upon My Own Principles': James Boswell, the American Revolution, and Royalist Constitutionalism, 1775-1783).

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  New Findings on Imperial and Commonwealth History from Yale University Summarized ('a High Tory and an American Upon My Own Principles': James Boswell, the American Revolution, and Royalist Constitutionalism, 1775-1783).

  From:Politics & Government Week

  Oct. 20, 2022430 words Article 1490L2022 OCT 20 (VerticalNews) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Politics & Government Week -- Current study results on Global Views - Imperial and Commonwealth History have been published. According to news...
• Select We're living in the new Dark Ages - and it's time to turn on the light.

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  We're living in the new Dark Ages - and it's time to turn on the light.

  Author:Petula DvorakFrom:The Washington Post

  Dec. 30, 2021972 words Article 1320LByline: Petula Dvorak Let's make this New Year's Eve an important end date, the answer our great-great-grandnephews will have to memorize for a quiz on Martian Thursday: Q: What was Dec. 31, 2021? A: The end of the...
• Select Bank of England owned 599 slaves in 1770s, new exhibition reveals; Research commissioned by Bank in the wake of Black Lives Matter uncovers grim history of colonial Grenada.

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  Bank of England owned 599 slaves in 1770s, new exhibition reveals; Research commissioned by Bank in the wake of Black Lives Matter uncovers grim history of colonial Grenada.

  From:The Guardian (London, England)

  Apr. 15, 2022894 words Article 1400LByline: Jasper Jolly In the late 18th century Britain's Caribbean island colony of Grenada was a place of boom and bust. A hurricane, a plague of ants, and Britain's wars against France and American revolutionaries...
• Select Three Badasses of the Revolutionary Era That Your Textbooks Never Told You About.

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  Three Badasses of the Revolutionary Era That Your Textbooks Never Told You About.

  From:History News Network

  1,387 words Article 1320LThe sculpture "Point of View" imagines a meeting between Guyasuta (Seneca) and George Washington which shaped the future of the Ohio Valley. Pittsburgh. Image Lee Paxton...
• Select Rush Limbaugh Compares Violent Trump Mob To American Revolutionaries.

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  Rush Limbaugh Compares Violent Trump Mob To American Revolutionaries.

  From:The Huffington Post

  361 words Brief article 1350LRight-wing radio host (https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/rush-limbaugh) Rush Limbaugh endorsed the mob of (https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump) Donald Trump-supporting rioters that stormed the U.S. Capitol...
• Select Behind the Myths of America's Creation'

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  Behind the Myths of America's Creation'

  From:Talk of the Nation

  20076,052 words Audio file, Broadcas... 1130LTo listen to this broadcast, click here: NEAL CONAN, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. History is an imperfect instrument. No question it's necessary, it's how we understand where...
• Select The "Tea" on Democratic Presidential Primary Candidates.

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  The "Tea" on Democratic Presidential Primary Candidates.

  Author:Ashton CraigFrom:UWIRE Text

  May 6, 2019514 words Article 1070LByline: Ashton Craig Just as the American revolutionists spilled tea in the Boston Harbor, I am here to spill the tea on the upcoming Democratic Presidential Primaries. You need to pay attention to this election. It...
• Select How the Founding Fathers saw impeachment and 'high crimes and misdemeanors'

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  How the Founding Fathers saw impeachment and 'high crimes and misdemeanors'

  Author:Gillian BrockellFrom:Washingtonpost.com

  Sept. 28, 2019882 words Article 1260LByline: Gillian Brockell In late May 1787, 55 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to begin debate over a new Constitution. When the subject came to forming a chief executive position, everyone there knew that, however...
• Select John Fitzgerald, a founding father of Alexandria, owned slaves. Officials don't want to name a park for him.

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  John Fitzgerald, a founding father of Alexandria, owned slaves. Officials don't want to name a park for him.

  Author:Patricia SullivanFrom:Washingtonpost.com

  Dec. 12, 2018687 words Article 1210LByline: Patricia Sullivan The Alexandria City Council plans to name a new park at the foot of King Street "Waterfront Park," hoping to end a bitter dispute over whether to honor a founding father who was also a large...
• Select Fear of caravan is unnecessary, political ploy

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  Fear of caravan is unnecessary, political ploy

  Author:Adam FrisciaFrom:UWIRE Text

  Nov. 6, 2018512 words Article 1070LByline: Adam Friscia Photo by Adam Friscia - Guest Writer During times of crisis, history is replete with individuals who rise above peril and heed higher callings. Their actions are the stuff of legend. When new...
• Select Democrats Discuss: Minorities victimized by voter suppression.

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  Democrats Discuss: Minorities victimized by voter suppression.

  From:UWIRE Text

  Oct. 28, 2018577 words Article 1530LWhile strict voting laws combat a non-existing issue, minorities are left under assault. During the second Civil Rights Movement in the U.S. during the 1950s and 60s, one of the most sought after rights by activists...
• Select Forget a new civil war. We need a new American revolution

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  Forget a new civil war. We need a new American revolution

  Author:John FerlingFrom:Washingtonpost.com

  May 29, 20181,325 words Article 1480LByline: John Ferling More than 200 years later, the United States may well be losing the American Revolution. That revolution not only delivered independence but also severed America's ties with a country that many...
• Select The American Renaissance Is Underway

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  The American Renaissance Is Underway

  Author:David BrooksFrom:The New York Times

  May 15, 2018864 words Column 1170LPeople who read this column know my political ideology: I'm a Whig. If progressives generally believe in expanding government to enhance equality, and libertarians try to reduce government to expand freedom, Whigs seek...
• Select Believe the hype -- this is sensational; Theatre

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  Believe the hype -- this is sensational; Theatre

  From:The Times (London, England)

  Dec. 22, 2017862 words Article 1070LByline: Ann Treneman Hamilton Victoria Palace, SW1 ***** This musical is history in the remaking and I mean that quite literally. It arrives as if astride a runaway horse, stampeding towards us with the news...
• Select Believe the hype -- this is sensational; Theatre Ann Treneman

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  Believe the hype -- this is sensational; Theatre Ann Treneman

  From:The Times (London, England)

  Dec. 22, 2017860 words Article 1070LByline: Hamilton Victoria Palace, SW1 HHHHH This musical is history in the remaking and I mean that quite literally. It arrives as if astride a runaway horse, stampeding towards us with the news that the past need...
• Select Believe the hype -- this is sensational; Theatre Ann Treneman

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  Believe the hype -- this is sensational; Theatre Ann Treneman

  From:The Times (London, England)

  Dec. 22, 2017859 words Article 1080LByline: Ann Treneman Hamilton Victoria Palace, SW1 ***** This musical is history in the remaking and I mean that quite literally. It arrives as if astride a runaway horse, stampeding towards us with the news that the...
• Select Canada politics: Where pineapples don't thrive

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  Canada politics: Where pineapples don't thrive

  From:Economist Intelligence Unit: Country ViewsWire

  Sept. 30, 2017402 words Article 1300LAfro-Canadians: Where pineapples don't thrive Canada keeps a promise to descendants of black loyalists WHEN Britain needed reinforcements to fight American revolutionaries it tried to entice enslaved blacks to...
• Select Today's Age of Reason

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  Today's Age of Reason

  Author:David BrooksFrom:The New York Times

  Feb. 28, 2017836 words Column 1140LBeing around a college classroom can really expand your perspective. For example, last week we were finishing off a seminar in grand strategy when one of my Yale colleagues, Charles Hill, drew a diagram on the board...
• Select United States : Joint Readout of Meeting Between President Donald J. Trump and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen

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  United States : Joint Readout of Meeting Between President Donald J. Trump and Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen

  From:Mena Report

  Apr. 1, 2017306 words Brief article 1430LThe President today welcomed Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen of Denmark to the White House for bilateral consultations. Denmark is one of the closest allies of the United States, and the Prime Ministers visit is a...