Your ancestors kept human beings in chains and treated them as property. No, you don’t get to absolve them of their acts to make you feel better about your ancestry.
Oh, also, they committed treason you damned “patriots”.
Category Archives: History
From Angkor Wat to Stonehenge: How Ancient People Moved Mountains
It wasn’t space aliens, just strong human backs and a lot of creative use of basic materials.
JFK’s eternal flame still burns – Videos – CBS News
Nightly News: Words of wisdom from JFK
Lonely outpost marks US-Dakota War’s start | Minnesota Public Radio News
I have probably learned more about the Dakota War in the past week than I have throughout my life merely by listening to the radio.
There have not been any punches pulled in the telling of the tale and that is important. History can be ugly, each side can be just as guilty of atrocities. It is important to remember that, especially in a place where “my country, right or wrong” seems to rule the day.
Photos From Inside Abraham Lincoln’s Vault | Entertainment | TIME.com
Cool would be visiting the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Extra cool would be to get a behind the scenes tour.
Extra bonus cool would be the cast and crew of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter doing said tour and then finding this:
The Sitka Speech | TPM
Talking Points Memo has found some videos of Kennedy is his own words. First of, his Sitka Speech after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Also, some of his work on the floor of the Senate in 2007 during the minimum rate increase debate: