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Virgina Colonial History
May 19, 1611 - Sir Thomas Dale arrives at Jamestown to be the new Deputy Governor and shortly after decides to build another settlement, with fort, in a safer location. It was called Henricus.
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Panic of 1819
January 2, 1819 - The first financial crises in the United States, the Panic of 1819, occurs, leading to foreclosures, bank failures, and unemployment. Several causes have been identified, including the heavy amount of borrowing by the government to finance the War of 1812, as well as the tightening of credit by the Second Bank of the U.S. in response to risky lending practices by wildcat banks in the west.
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Battle of High Bridge
It was a bridge between Richmond and Appomattox, a high railroad bridge of no great distinction beyond its use to the South Side Railroad and its height, one hundred and twenty-five feet, prior to the Battle of High Bridge. The Civil War battle for the bridge over the Appomattox River would occur as the Confederates troops attempted to escape west after the fall of Petersburg and Richmond on April 2, 1865.
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American Revolution
For seven years from 1775-1783, battles were waged around the eastern seaboard of the United States, a revolution among the citizens of America, the nascent United States of America, against the British Empire, colonies rising up against the tyranny of their oppressors and seeking freedom. Led by George Washington in battles fought from New England to the Carolinas, it would be a war of liberty, of men fighting for their homeland, of a nation being born.
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Missouri National Recreational River
The entire Missouri River runs 2,341 miles from the Centennial Mountains to a connection to the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis, Missouri. In the center of that is a one hundred mile stretch, bordering Nebraska and South Dakota that now makes up the National River known as the Missouri National Recreational River. Yes, this is the river that Lewis and Clark took west on their expedition to map the Louisiana Purchase lands just bought during the Thomas Jefferson administration. Yes, it was made even more famous by the guide Sacagawea, of the Shoshoni, who shepherded the men and their crew of the arduous journey.
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North Carolina History
On December 3, 1677, North Carolina colonists engage in Culpeper's Rebellion against unfair custom duties charged due to the series of Navigation Acts passed by the English Parliament.
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Gettysburg 160th Anniversary, Day 1
It was a spectacular commemoration of the 160th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. Take a walk, listen to ranger talks, and ponder the bravery and terror of the battle that would become known as the high watermark of the South after they traversed the fields of Pickett's Charge. On this first day, July 1, from the first shot fired along the road to Cashtown, to Oak Ridge and Barlow's Knoll, the fighting on the northwest of town ended in Confederate victory, although as they were pushed through town, the Union ended up with the high ground going into the next two days.
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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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