Showing posts with label American history. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American history. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Benjamin Franklin Was Writing Fake News at Age 16 and Everyone Thought It Was Real

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 In 1722 readers of the New England Courant in Boston were captivated by a series of witty letters written by a widow named Mrs. Silence Dog...
Monday, April 20, 2026

Los Angeles Shot at Ghosts in 1942 and Called It a Japanese Air Raid

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 On the night of February 24 and 25, 1942, just two and a half months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the city of Los Angeles went to war ...
Saturday, April 18, 2026

The Dance Marathons of the Great Depression Were Not Entertainment. They Were Survival.

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 If you have ever seen photographs of 1930s dance marathons you might have assumed they were entertainment. Couples dancing on stage in fron...
Wednesday, April 8, 2026

The Great Molasses Flood of 1919 Was Real and It Killed 21 People in Boston

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 On January 15, 1919, a massive steel storage tank in the North End of Boston burst open without warning. Inside that tank was nearly two an...
Wednesday, April 1, 2026

The Workers Who Built America Never Made It Into the History Books

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 In the 1860s about 20,000 Chinese workers built the western half of the Transcontinental Railroad. They worked in dangerous conditions. The...

The Towns That Disappeared and Nobody Bothered to Document Them

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 There used to be a town in Kentucky called Widows Creek. People lived there. Kids grew up there. Families built homes and ran businesses an...