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America's Exhausting time in The Middle East

9/11/2021

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August 18th and the Ratification of the 19th Amendment

8/18/2021

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This day in history is not only important because it is my birthday, but it is also the same day in 1920 that the state of Tennessee decided to pass the 19th amendment. This was significant because it was the last state needed to create a majority in favor among the states, bringing universal rights and suffrage to women across the United States.  While it took longer than women and others wanted, it is still a significant move nonetheless bringing the country closer to true equality amongst the masses. 
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July 4th and the Adoption of the DoI

7/4/2021

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One of the biggest holidays in the United States, July 4th celebrates the adoption and commemoration of the Declaration of Independence. This was instrumental in sparking the war against the British and eventually gaining freedom in the 13 colonies. While the American colonies were under the British umbrella of colonies, they were being taxed unfairly and they felt  that if they were to be taxed so harshly, they should have representation in the British law making process. This did not pan out, leading to the eventual creation of the greatest break-up letter in American History haha. July 4th is a reminder that while every country has positive and negative aspects of their history, independence is important for any new nation and is the ultimate reason why we have the rights we enjoy today. Hope everyone enjoys the festivities today!
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The Normandy Landings

6/1/2021

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The Normandy landings took place June 6th, 1944 and took place over the span of multiple beaches across Normandy, France. The goal of these landings were to spearhead an attack on Nazi Germany, as well as a liberation campaign to eliminate the Nazi chokehold on eastern Europe. With the assistance of Canadian and British Soldiers (Who landed at Sword, Gold and Juno Beaches), the United States Military was able to land at Omaha and Utah beaches and breach the Atlantic Wall built by Germany. D-Day was a success thanks to the countless soldiers who sacrificed themselves to storm the beaches, and was a major turning point for the fall of Hitler and Nazi Germany.  
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Icons in the Later Middle Ages

5/1/2021

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An icon is an image, of a prominent religious figure like Christ or Mary, and has a type of “power” to it. Icons worked the same sort of way as the relics did, having the same presence as a relic does. It is even argued that these icons just manifest themselves into existence, not being made by man. Icons could be a wide range of items, such as a painting of Jesus, a statue of Mother Mary, etc. With the influx of Icons spreading across medieval Europe, a counter movement followed. People begin wiping away paintings and icons in churches, sparking the Iconoclasm movement. Icons across the empire were defaced by these iconoclasts, and a number of masterpieces were destroyed in the process. 
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French Politics and the Rise of Napoleon

4/1/2021

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​Until the beginning of the French Revolution, Napoleon’s military career was going to be subject to very little alteration due to the inability for lower nobility soldiers to rise up to prominence within the French army. Napoleon and his peers had no chance of rising to ranks of General and Colonel as a result of the oppressive nobility requirements for high ranking officers. Luckily for Napoleon, however, the class system in France was abolished by the Revolution, allowing Napoleon to rise to power based on merit, not familial background. Napoleon’s military career changed drastically during 1789 to 1796 due to the political climate in France at the time, allowing the young soldier to rise rapidly through the ranks. Constant political upheavals and Napoleon's military success gives him the upward mobility he would have never seen otherwise. Although Napoleon is later thrown in jail and his military rank stripped due to his connections to the Jacobins and Robespierre, politics from 1789 to 1796 still positively affected Napoleon’s military career, and propelled him into power. 
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The United States and the ARVN

3/1/2021

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United States intervention in Vietnam began after the French were defeated by the Vietnamese in 1954 under Ho Chi Minh at Dien Bien Phu through the use of guerilla tactics, and the United States began training the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in 1955. In an effort to prevent direct military conflict between the United States and North Vietnam, the US planned to simply aid the Southern Vietnamese, such as advising them on strategy or training troops; this did not work unfortunately. The soldiers in the ARVN were lazy, cared little about the conflict and found little battlefield success, leading to eventual deployment of US forces to combat the "domino effect" of communism in Vietnam. 



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Washington's Smallpox Vaccine Gamble

2/1/2021

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George Washington at Princeton by Charles Willson Peale (US Senate)
George Washington was losing troops to Smallpox and made the controversial decision to conduct mass inoculations for his troops.  This was done in secret and with a risky method (variolation) but it payed off.  Some believe it was one of many factors that lead to victory.
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The Ghost Army

1/1/2021

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  Four soldiers lift one of the dummy tanks.                                                                                   The insignia of the so-called “Ghost Army.” www.wwiimemorialfriends.org
The Ghost Army was a part of the U.S. Military that was tasked with creating a diversion for German troops to believe U.S troops were preparing an attack on a different beach as opposed to Omaha and Utah Beaches.  They used dummy and inflatable tanks and makeshift barracks to fool the Germans. Also, they used actors, carpenters, set designers, etc. to create this elaborate ruse.  They also used speakers to amplify the sound to make to seem that hundreds of tanks were moving in the area. It actually worked!
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The Caning of Charles Sumner

12/1/2020

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Famous lithograph depicting the attack Wikipedia
 Southern Congressman Preston Brooks savagely beat Northern Senator Charles Sumner in the halls of Congress over Sumner's remarks in a speech denouncing slavery. This is a testament to the volatility of U.S. Politics prior to the Civil War and the use of violence was the accepted modus operandi. 
After the attack, some Southerners would mail Brooks canes as a show of solidarity for the near lethal beating.

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