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Tag: History

The Civil War anniversary we’d rather forget

Paul TostoPaul Tosto September 24, 2012, 2:48 PM Sep 24, 2012
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National Archives You’re pretty much guaranteed a daily150th anniversary Civil War remembrance through Spring 2015. Last week was a grim remembrance of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in U.S. history. You probably will not hear a lot, though, about today’s unique Civil War history, the 150th anniversary of one the worst episodes of the suspension Read more →

The Constitution — in 140 characters

Paul TostoPaul Tosto September 14, 2012, 1:40 PM Sep 14, 2012
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Can you boil the Preamble down to 140 characters? The Archivist wants to know.

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Wisconsin’s ‘Marshall Dillon of the troubled South’ gets his medal

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 29, 2012, 2:40 PM May 29, 2012
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Bob Dylan will probably get most of the coverage today when he receives the Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. After all, he’s one of us. But so is John Doar.

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Crowdsourcing history

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 6, 2012, 12:03 PM Mar 6, 2012
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Today, the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries released reconstructions of the faces of two crew members of the Monitor, the submarine that sank in a New Year’s Eve storm 150 years ago.

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Reporting from Cosmos

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 26, 2011, 3:46 PM Oct 26, 2011
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The town proclaims that about 3,000 cars a day pass through Cosmos on Highway 7. As near as I can tell, only one pulled over to research its history based on its water tower.

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Minnesota’s eugenics past

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 1, 2011, 1:05 PM Aug 1, 2011
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Few aspects of U.S. history have the ability to make a rational 2011 person ask ‘what were they thinking?’ than America’s eugenics laws.

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The Gangs of Washington, D.C.

dgaraets July 21, 2011, 12:34 PM Jul 21, 2011
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Why does every ad hoc group of politicians invoke an ugly chapter of Chinese history?

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The best music of 1970, and how we’re coming back to it

David CazaresDavid Cazares July 19, 2011, 1:51 PM Jul 19, 2011
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From Alexandra DiPalma, Midmorning assistant producer: When listener Josh Collins turned on the radio and heard the Beatles playing today, he sent a worried tweet: Flipped on Midmorning with @KerriMPR, heard Beatles and suddenly worried that something had happened to Ringo or Paul. Guess not. Whew.less than a minute ago via web Favorite Retweet ReplyJosh Read more →

Regional history

The women of World War II: Virginia Claudon Allen

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 25, 2008, 6:36 PM Apr 25, 2008
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Though many were never recognized as veterans, many Minnesota women went to war.

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