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Category Archives: History
How Notre Dame Students Battled The Klan 100 Years Ago
I talk a fair bit of smack about Notre Dame. Their fans are often odious. The school itself expects everyone to bend the rules for them.
But, hey, it wasn’t always like this. They once stood up to the Klan, and that’s worth something. Right?
Teaching kids about Thanksgiving or Columbus? They deserve the real story
Improving this country includes – nay, demands – we teach our story better. More factually, more inclusively, more truthfully.
Not a fish story: the DNR’s Minnesota State Fair cabin turns 90
We have not been to the fair since Covid, but I do love this building and the fish pond. If you ever got to the fair, you need to check it out. It *is* very busy most of the time though.
It’s fairly irresistible: Minnesota State Fair is a political proving ground
Did you know our state fair actually have some interesting political history? Give this a read.
The Battle Over Chavez Ravine
This got replayed a couple weeks ago and is another reminder that folks get driven out of their homes for the commercial benefit of already rich people all the time.
The fact this country isn’t burning in righteous indignation over the mistreatment of the poor and minorities is all you need to know about how timid folks are.
Louisiana plantation where historic slave revolt started now under Black ownership
When your state is hiding your history – and putting up the Ten Commandments instead of teaching truth – the only apparent alternative is to buy that history and tell the story yourself.
And then hope folks show up and bother to learn I guess.
I wish them luck, but long odds in getting the word out.
Students making history | CBS Sunday Morning
It is important to note the part when they singled out the states (and there are far too many) that are trying to erase history.
The Wayback Machine, a time machine for the web
I have been using the Wayback since about its beginning, at least since 1998 or so. Given the fall of Flash, it has been critical in getting access to video I have lost over the years, though the major networks did a horrible job of keeping archives of their stuff, some of it is still available here.
The Army of Poets and Students Fighting a Forgotten War
I remembering reading about the violence in Burma back in the 80s in – get this – Soldier of Fortune magazine. They did a spread on the Karen militias who were probably about to get wiped out by the military who eventually took over the country a few years later.
Surprise, surprise. Some of them stayed alive, kept the faith, and are now leading the charge to take back Burma.