Oregon U.S. Senator Edward Baker who is the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in battle, died in this war.
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Audio: How The Postal Service Helped Create The United States
Winifred Gallagher, author of “How the Post Office Created America: A History”, explains how the Post Office helped establishing America even before the Declaration of Independence.
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Daily Quiz for November 13, 2016
The first female journalist to go regularly to the White House to gather news, Emily Briggs, began this practice during his administration.
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Daily Quiz for November 12, 2016
Instituted in April 1863, the Lieber Code established this.
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Daily Quiz for November 11, 2016
President Abraham Lincoln read a story to his cabinet by this humorist before reading them a draft of the Emancipation Proclamation.
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The Last Action Painter: Raymond Spillenger
Raymond Spillenger was an artist of the mid-20th-century New York School, an avant-garde community. […]
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Interview: Charles Rappleye / Benedict Arnold
Charles Rappleye, author of “Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency” talks business.
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Hating the “Hun” at Home: The War on German Immigrants
When America went to war against the kaiser, German-Americans caught hell
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Daily Quiz for November 10, 2016
What city built the world’s first successful subway?
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Déjà Vu: Beware the Brusiers
In the thick of presidential primary season, Republican candidate Donald Trump canceled a rally […]