Category: Culture
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The Armory Show Centennial – A Tale of Evolution
The Armory Show Centennial A Tale of Evolution Evolution is seldom linear. Adaptation, the key to survival, whether that be of a species in the case of biology, or the enduring nature of a historic event, always involves matching traits with the environment. The Armory Show of 1913, the centenary of which is commemorated this…
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A sobering sea change in attitudes about drunk driving
A sobering sea change in attitudes about drunk driving A fellow blogger celebrated the 16th of January’s significance as the day the nation went from dry to wet. The 21st Amendment repealed prohibition, one of the few progressive cures, I would argue, that produced as many or more ills as it remedied. In a balanced…
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Engaging History Lesson: The Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln first shared with his entire cabinet a draft of what would become the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862. His plan received a mixed reception among his advisers given the dire times in which the administration faced. When teaching about the Emancipation Proclamation, the dynamics surrounding the processes leading up to…