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George Armstrong Custer
George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876) was an officer in the US Army, serving in the cavalry from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War and the wars against the Plains Indians 1866-1876. Although he became a widely recognized hero during...

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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American printer, writer, scientist, inventor, and diplomat, often regarded as a Founding Father of the United States. He rose to prominence as editor of The Pennsylvania Gazette and author of Poor Richard's...

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Benjamin Hornigold
Captain Benjamin Hornigold was a British pirate active in the Caribbean and North Atlantic from 1716 to 1717. Hornigold’s greatest claim to fame (or infamy) is that he taught the pirating ropes to Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard (d. 1718). Giving...

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Yellow Hair: George Armstrong Custer
Yellow Hair: George Armstrong Custer is the Cheyenne and Arapaho account of Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer (l. 1839-1876), his interaction with the Southern Cheyenne Chief Black Kettle (l. c. 1803-1868), the Washita Massacre (27 November...

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Louis Armstrong - 'Twas The Night Before Christmas
“A Visit From St. Nicholas (‘Twas the Night Before Christmas)” by Louis Armstrong from the album “Louis Wishes You A Cool Yule.” Subscribe and ring the bell to never miss an update from Louis Armstrong: https://Verve.lnk.to/LouisYTID Purchase...

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Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer c. 1865
Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer in the field uniform of the Union Army of the American Civil War. Original photograph by Matthew Brady, c. 1865. Cropped and retouched by Scewing.
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

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Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer by Mora
Lt. Colonel George Armstrong Custer, photographed by the famous Cuban-American artist José María Mora.

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Benjamin Franklin Bache
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin Bache, a grandson of Benjamin Franklin and the editor of the Philadelphia Aurora, a partisan newspaper supporting the Democratic-Republican Party. Bache was arrested under the Alien and Sedition Acts and died...

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Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity From the Sky
Oil on slate painting by Benjamin West, c.1816. From the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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TRUTH about George Armstrong Custer - Forgotten History
Almost every American knows the name, and believe that they know the story of George Armstrong Custer, if for nothing else, his defeat and death at the Battle of Little Big Horn. But Custer had a colorful career long before that fateful day...