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Sunday, May 27, 2012
An Aging Generation Memorialized their Own in Woodstock
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GAR members, foreground, dignitaries, and the Ladies Auxiliary gathered to dedicate a new monument. In 1909 the aging veterans of the...
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Al Jolson—The Greatest Entertainer of the First Half of the 20th Century
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Jolson in and out of blackface Record keeping was hit and miss and life perilous in Jewish village of Srednik near Kaunas in Lit...
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Friday, May 25, 2012
Philadelphia Court Trampled One of the First Unions in America
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A corner in an early 19th Century shoemaker's shop. On May 25, 1805 the leaders of a local union of shoemakers were arrested in...
Thursday, May 24, 2012
History Haunted the Greatest Real Estate Deal Ever
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A fanciful 19th Century engraving of the purchase of Manhattan Island. On this day in 1626 what has been called the greatest real esta...
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