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Friday, February 28, 2025
SNAFU—The Day the Navy Nearly Wiped Out the U.S. Government
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Currier & Ives made a lot more money on disaster pictures than on the Christmas Card scenes we associate with them. The Explosion on...
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Andrew Jackson’s Defiant Brush With Assassination
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Mad Brit Richard Lawrence's pistol misfired when he took point blank aim at Andrew Jackson on the steps of the Capitol. Note —A tale ...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023
The Train Wreck Ballad That Became Country Music’s First Hit
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The wreck of the Fast Mail not only inspired the song, but this dramatic painting by rationalist master Thomas Hart Benton. There seems ...
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