Captain John Parker, commander of the Lexington militia, had received Paul Revere’s warning. Great Britain’s…
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Source: New-England Chronicle (Boston), May 30, 1776. The following odd affair happened at Stratford on…
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In the summer of 1959, Vice President Richard Nixon traveled to Moscow to formally open…
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. . . But, you say, "We have heard that we might be at a…
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[caption id="attachment_24160" align="aligncenter" width="773"] Robert Sayer And John Bennett , Publisher, and Philip Dawe. A…
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To: H. R. Haldeman From: Bill Safire July 18, 1969. IN EVENT OF MOON DISASTER: Fate has…
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Woodrow Wilson was probably right when he said that it is easier to speak of…
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