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Photo: Radio City Music Hall, view of stage and orchestra seating from mezzanine seating. Credit: flickr4jazz; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Radio City Music Hall, the People’s Palace, Opened

By Tony Pettinato on December 27, 2021

An article about the grand opening of the impressive, gleaming new Art Deco theater in New York, Radio City Music Hall, on 27 December 1932... (Read More)

Photo: Ohio expedition reenactors departing Ipswich, Massachusetts, on 3 December 1937. Courtesy of Hamilton Historical Society Collection, Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Big Holiday Adventure: The 1787-88 Westward Trek into Ohio

By Melissa Berry on December 8, 2021

Melissa Berry writes about 48 pioneers who made the westward trek into Ohio in 1787-88 – and of the 1937 reenactors who commemorated their expedition... (Read More)

Photo: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor, 8 December 1941. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration; Wikimedia Commons.

Roosevelt, Pearl Harbor and Bill of Rights Day

By Jane Cook on December 7, 2021

Jane Cook describes how Pres. Roosevelt, 8 days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, celebrated the 1st Bill of Rights Day on 15 December 1941... (Read More)

Illustration: the winning design for the U.S. Capitol, submitted by William Thornton, c. 1796. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

On This Date: 1st Session of Congress Held in Washington, D.C.

By Tony Pettinato on November 18, 2021

An article about Congress finally moving to its permanent location in the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on 17 November 1800... (Read More)

Photo: a column of the U.S. 1st Marine Division moves through Chinese lines during their breakout from the Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War, December 1950. Credit: Corporal Peter McDonald, USMC; Wikimedia Commons.

U.N. Troops Surprised by China’s Entry into Korean War

By Tony Pettinato on October 19, 2021

An article about how thousands of Chinese troops entered North Korea on 19 October 1950 to oppose South Korean and U.N. forces during the Korean War... (Read More)

Illustration: General Winfield Scott leads American troops into Mexico City on 14 September 1847, entering the Plaza de la Constitución; the Metropolitan Cathedral is in the background. Credit: Carl Nebel; Wikimedia Commons.

U.S. Captures Mexico City: Decisive Blow of Mexican-American War

By Tony Pettinato on September 14, 2021

An article about the fall of Mexico City on 14 September 1847 to American troops led by General Winfield Scott in the Mexican-American War... (Read More)

Photo: Quaker tapestry devoted to Mary Fisher. Courtesy of Patheos.com from "Great Quaker Women: Mary Fisher, Jailed Repeatedly for Preaching."

Colonial America: The Coming of the Quakers, Part II

By Melissa Berry on September 13, 2021

Melissa Davenport Berry presents part 2 of her story about the first two Quakers (Ann Austin and Mary Fisher) to arrive at the Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: Quaker tapestry devoted to Mary Fisher. Courtesy of Patheos.com from "Great Quaker Women: Mary Fisher, Jailed Repeatedly for Preaching."

Colonial America: The Coming of the Quakers, Part I

By Melissa Berry on September 8, 2021

Melissa Berry explores Colonial America by writing about the first two Quakers (Ann Austin and Mary Fisher) to arrive at the Massachusetts Bay Colony... (Read More)

Photo: suffragist parade in New York city, May 1912. Credit: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

19th Amendment’s Botched Signing Ceremony Angers Women

By Tony Pettinato on August 26, 2021

An article about women suffragists’ dismay at the botched signing ceremony for the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote... (Read More)

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