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Burning of Washington
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Burning of Washington

The burning of Washington (24 August 1814) by a British force was a pivotal moment in the War of 1812 and in US history. Hoping to pull US military...
Commission for Relief in Belgium
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Commission for Relief in Belgium

The Commission for Relief in Belgium (CRB) was an independent, international organization, sponsored by neutral governments and with the guarantees...
Glooscap Tales
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Glooscap Tales

The Glooscap tales are legends of the Eastern Algonquin nations of the Wabanaki Confederacy – the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, and Wolastoqiyik...
Education for Girls in Ancient Rome
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Education for Girls in Ancient Rome

The upbringing and education of girls in ancient Rome are rarely addressed in ancient sources. A young Roman girl from an affluent family married very...
Origin Tales of the Penobscot Nation
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Origin Tales of the Penobscot Nation

The Penobscot are a Native American nation of the modern-day State of Maine, also recognized as a First Nation of Canada. Along with the Abenaki, Mi'kmaq...
Eyewitness Accounts of the Holocaust
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Eyewitness Accounts of the Holocaust

The Holocaust was the murder of 6 million Jewish people by the SS, Gestapo, and other organisations of Nazi Germany and its allies in the years prior...
How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World
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How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World

How the Hopi Indians Reached Their World is the creation story of the Native American Hopi nation (the Hopi tribe of Arizona) located today within the...
Mark Twain
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Mark Twain

Mark Twain is the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist. He was the voice of his...
The River of Separation, a Navajo Creation Story
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The River of Separation, a Navajo Creation Story

The River of Separation is one of the many versions of the Navajo creation story detailing how the people first came up from below the earth, learned...
Josef Mengele
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Josef Mengele

Josef Mengele (1911-1979) was a Nazi doctor who performed horrific pseudo-scientific experiments on detainees in the Auschwitz concentration camp where...
George W. Crooks' Account of the Dakota War of 1862
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George W. Crooks' Account of the Dakota War of 1862

George W. Crooks' Account of the Dakota War of 1862 is a narrative of the events leading up to the "Minnesota Massacre" known as the Dakota War of 1862...
Heinrich Himmler
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Heinrich Himmler

Heinrich Himmler (1900-1945) was the head of the Nazi SS (Schutzstaffel) organisation. One of the most powerful individuals in Nazi Germany, Himmler...
Tamahay (Eastman's Biography)
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Tamahay (Eastman's Biography)

Tamahay (Tahama, Tamaha, "Pike", l. c. 1776-1864) was a Mdewakanton Dakota Sioux guide and scout who sided with the Americans against the British during...
Siege of Fort Erie
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Siege of Fort Erie

The Siege of Fort Erie (4 August to 21 September 1814) was one of the last major military operations of the War of 1812. Following the bloody Battle...
Chief Joseph (Eastman's Biography)
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Chief Joseph (Eastman's Biography)

Chief Joseph (Heinmot Tooyalakekt, l. 1840-1904) was the leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Native American nation, who, in 1877, resisted...
Geronimo
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Geronimo

Geronimo (Goyahkla, l. c. 1829-1909) was a medicine man and war chief of the Bedonkohe tribe of the Chiricahua Apache nation, best known for his resistance...
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