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February 7, 2021 - Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers win the Super Bowl, giving Brady a record tying number of championships, seven, with Otto Graham.
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Historic Site of the Month
Vancouver Expo '86
It was a wondrous fair held on two sites; the main site around False Creek, a former industrial area, and the Burrard Inlet's new convention center/cruise ship terminal used as the Canada Pavilion during Expo '86. Snow covered mountains rose across the inlet, the pristine downtown streets held hotels, bed and breakfasts, with farther locations for visitor packed for overnight, or weekly stays. The Expo Authority did so well that they had a guaranteed attendance estimate already hit by ticket sales before opening day.
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Spotlight on Lesser Known History
Battle of Nashville
Yes, the two day Battle of Nashville on December 15 to 16, 1864, was an important end to the Confederate Army's effort to control Tennessee again, however, its legacy has been more forgotten due to Nashville's growth as well as the South's lack of desire to commemoriate its loss, than some of the battles that would lead up to it. A major Union victory with double the casualties on the Confederate side.
Timeline of the Month
Timeline 1600s
They came, in colonies settled around Jamestown, with the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in the Massachusetts Bay, and they began what we would term the America of today. There would be treaties with the Indian nations and battles amongst warring tribes. There would be contests of wills between colonies funded and founded by British, Spanish, and French concerns. But this would be the century that began true settlement, for all its wonder and hardship and harbinger of a nation that would come.
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Hubble Telescoper Launched
April 24, 1990 - The Hubble Telescope is placed into orbit by the United States Space Shuttle Discovery. One month later, the telescope becomes operational.
Minute Walk in History
Vancouver Expo 86
They came, in colonies settled around Jamestown, with the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock in the Massachusetts Bay, and they began what we would term the America of today. There would be treaties with the Indian nations and battles amongst warring tribes. There would be contests of wills between colonies funded and founded by British, Spanish, and French concerns. But this would be the century that began true settlement, for all its wonder and hardship and harbinger of a nation that would come.
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February 8, 2002 - Amid tight security due to terrorism concerns, the Winter Olympic Games are opened by President George W. Bush in Salt Lake City, Utah. They would continue without major incident until the closing ceremony on February 24.
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Battlefield Preservation
Even in these difficult times, work continues on preserving the battlefields of the Civil War, American Revolution, and the War of 1812. The amazing work of the Battlefields Trust is currently attempting to preserve land at Gaines Mill and Cold Harbor, what some think is the most important land to be preserved at those locations. Check them out.
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