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San Francisco Earthquake
April 18-19, 1906 - The San Francisco earthquake occurs, estimated at 7.8 on the Richter scale. Its proximity to the epicenter of the San Andreas Fault and the subsequent fire that followed the quake and aftershocks left 478 reported deaths, although estimates in the future peg that figure at nearly 3,000. Between $350-$400 million in damages were sustained. Refugee camps were constructed at twenty-one sites throughout the city, including the Presidio, Fort Point, and Golden Gate Park.
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Gettysburg Culps' Hill/Pardee Field
Take a walk with us and the many visitors to the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with Ranger Matt Atkinson and more for a unique retelling of the battles of Pardee Field and Culp's Hill. While Pickett's Charge remains the preeminent feature of the July 3 action, what occurred during the day at Culp's Hill was a critical part of the story allowing the Union to win the conflict.
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Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial
No easy way to put this, but the Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition held in Philadelphia in the summer of 1926 was not well thought of. It paled in comparison to the 1876 Centennial Exposition held in Fairmount Park with unfinished exhibits and an uninspiring site located in today's Roosevelt Park, Navy Yard, and the area of the Philadelphia Sports Complex. Now, it had a few unfortunate circumstances which led to the disappointment. It rained. Boy, did it rain. Philadelphia in the summer of 1926 might have been the rainiest summer in southeast Pennsylvania history.
Historic Site of the Month
Brussels International Exposition 1935
The Bureau of International Expositions was in place as of 1928 and the Brussels fair of 1935 would be its initial sanctioned fair of General Category 1. Of course, at that time, they didn't really know what that meant or if the idea of sanctioned fairs would catch on. And in the decade before depression and World Wars, who knew what was to come. For Brussels, they had hosted international expositions before, in 1897 and 1910. Now, in 1935, they would host the next, a Universal fair in a cosmopolitan city that, like its Paris counterpart, would be overcome with German tanks within the next decade.
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Battle of Long Island
The Revolutionary War was in its second year, and there had been few victories for Washington's Continental Army after success around Boston. This New York battle on Long Island, and sometimes known as the Battle of Brooklyn, would not turn his fortunes.
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Timeline 1680s
A comet this way comes while New Spain has problems in Santa Fe, LaSalle explores the Mississippi for France, and New France begins its series of wars with the British colonies.
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Korean War Memorial
July 27, 1995 - The Korean War Memorial in Washington, D.C. is dedicated in ceremonies presided by President Bill Clinton and South Korean President Kim Yong-sam.
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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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