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An Eclectic Journal of Opinion, History, Poetry and General Bloviating
Sunday, September 26, 2021
Intrigue and Betrayal in Saigon—The Surprising First American Death in Vietnam
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OSS Lt. Col Peter Dewey as a captain. The dashing and well connected young officer accidentally became the first American casualty in Vietn...
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Saturday, September 25, 2021
A Prophet Gets the Word on Polygamy—Latter Day Saints Conform to Protestant Morality
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Church of the Latter Day Saints President and Prophet Wilford Woodruff said God told him to do it. On September 25, 1890 Wilford Woodruff ,...
Friday, September 24, 2021
Devils Tower—Native Holy Site Becomes First National Monument
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A 1950's era National Park Service poster promoted visits to Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming. My old home state of Wyoming ...
Thursday, September 23, 2021
Speaking Up for Themselves at the First National Negro Convention in 1830
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An early Negro National Convention. As ever, it was hard — dangerous and hard—to be Black in early 19th Century America for Freemen as wel...
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