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Impeached in America: William W. Belknapp
From Civil War hero to disgraced Secretary of War Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Civil War, history, impeachkment, Puss Belknapp, Ulysses S. Grant, William Belknapp, William Tecumseh Sherman
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Impeached in America: Old Bacon Face
Samuel Chase was the only Supreme Court justice to be impeached. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged history, impeachment, Old Bacon Face, Samuel Chase, Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson
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Impeached in America: John Pickering
This district court judge seemed to have trouble showing up sober. Continue reading
Impeached in America: William Blount
The founding father who schemed to start a war. Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Congress, history, impeachment, Senate, Tennessee, William Blount
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Wawayanda: A Century Before the State Park
The 1846 Wawayanda Ironworks furnace Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged hiking trails, historic furnace, history, Ironworks, New Jersey State Parks, Wawayanda Ironworks, Wawayanda State Park
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History of the Minors: Ty Cobb’s Side Hustle
The New Haven Colonials Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, History, Sports
Tagged Babe Ruth, baseball, Eastern Leag;ue, George Weiss, history, minor league baseball, New Haven Colonials, sports, Ty Cobb
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A Brief History of Racial and Social Injustice Drawn and Painted
Artists’ views of bigotry, violence and labor unrest in America. Continue reading
The Men Behind the Toppled Statues
Who thought is was a good idea to celebrate the lives of racists, colonialists and slave traders? Continue reading
Posted in History
Tagged Albert Pike, Edward Carmack, Edward Colston, history, Junipero Serra, monuments, protesters, racism, statues
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These Guys Were Supreme Court Justices?!!
Bigotry and incompetence on the nation’s highest court. Continue reading
