Folks are still finding out that in the rush to make a nuclear bomb, we basically just had a nuclear pile in the middle of Chicago that wasn’t entirely stable all the time.
Anyway, the remains of that are still in the area.
Category Archives: History
One Man’s Fight to Preserve Pakistan’s Perfect Cooking Pot
The story of the gorkon, and the work to keep it a going concern.
First post: A history of online public messaging
Everything has an origin story…even texting.
Minnesota Historical Society will repatriate the ‘Mankato Hanging Rope’ to the Prairie Island Indian Community
Small steps in making things right around these parts. Symbols matter though.
The Strange and Mysterious History of the Ouija Board
The history of a toy(?) everyone has thoughts about.
Recalling a Puerto Rican nationalist who took part in 1954’s shooting at U.S. Capitol
StoryCorps recalls a forgotten bit of history where folks tried to shoot up the Capitol. Not to keep a rapist in power, but to gain independence.
That’s still not a good reason to start waving guns around, but the fact we keep trying to sweep these things under the national rug is a bad look.
U.S. Army restores honor to Black soldiers hanged in Jim Crow-era South
Part of uncovering and addressing the sins of the past is to learn never to do it again. Which is what folks who don’t want to look at the darkness refuse to get.
In this case, the Army is trying.
The Zinn project has covered this…of course.
Making, Trading and Consuming Phoenician Wine
I found this to be really dang interesting. Odd how it had already been archived on it’s original site.
A Map of the ‘Disunited States’ Shows the Fears of Civil War–Era America
Since secession is always in the background in this country, here’s a look at some of the early attempts.
How PEZ Evolved From an Anti-Smoking Tool to a Beloved Collector’s Item
A little backstory on PEZ, if I haven’t posted it a few times already.