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Monthly Archives: March 2020

Favorite The Battle of Horseshoe Bend – March 27, 1814

Posted on Friday, 27 March 2020 by Mark ThomasJuly 28, 2020

Much of what we learn about Andrew Jackson and the War of 1812 centers almost exclusively around the 1815 Battle of New Orleans. However, what is now the Lower South was the site of some of the most sanguinary fighting … Continue reading →

Posted in Diplomacy & War

Favorite The Great Midwest Flood of 1913

Posted on Tuesday, 24 March 2020 by Mark ThomasJune 5, 2021

Easter Sunday, March 23, 1913, is generally considered to mark the beginning of a five-day period during which the Ohio River and its major tributaries overflowed their banks, causing cataclysmic flooding across its entire watershed. When the local waters began … Continue reading →

Posted in Environment | Tagged Environmental disasters

Pauli Murray says no to Jane Crow

Posted on Monday, 23 March 2020 by Mark ThomasJune 5, 2021

While we know Rosa Parks wasn’t the first African American woman who refused to surrender her bus seat as dictated by Jim Crow, most have never heard of Pauli Murray. More than twenty years before Claudette Colvin, inspired by stories … Continue reading →

Posted in Civil Rights

Favorite Carnage on Deer Lick Creek – 1824

Posted on Monday, 23 March 2020 by Mark ThomasJune 5, 2021

Several waves of temperance movements throughout the 19th century are often seen today as quaint extremism by a vocal minority. However, hard liquor was a significant contributor to a number of social ills including wanton killings. On March 22, 1824, … Continue reading →

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