Dear Sir, Just finished reading TIME Magazine’s “Gettysburg: A Day-by-day account of the greatest […]
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Daily Quiz for August 29, 2013
This is the world»s oldest surviving order of chivalry.
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Germany’s Last Ace – DVD Review
Previously broadcast on Military Channel, this program is based around an interview with Luftwaffe ace Gunther Rall but also follows the career of American pilot Hubert ‘Hub’ Zemke.
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Daily Quiz for August 28, 2013
Voltaire called this treaty "the only treaty never sworn to and never broken."
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Daily Quiz for August 27, 2013
As a child, this man»s father made a puppet theater for him. Acting out stories with the puppets inspired him to be a writer.
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Daily Quiz for August 26, 2013
This nation, considered the world»s oldest republic, made Abraham Lincoln an honorary citizen in 1861.
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Daily Quiz for August 25, 2013
Lydia Maria Child, writer and reformer, wrote the first American periodical for this group of Americans.
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Daily Quiz for August 24, 2013
This was the first Broadway musical to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Daily Quiz for August 23, 2013
John Lorenzo Hubbell, an Anglo-Mexican later known as Don Lorenzo, established a Navajo trading post in this state that is the oldest continuously active trading post in the U.S.
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Which Union Officer Switched Sides After the Emancipation Proclamation was Issued?
Which Civil War Union officer switched to the Confederate side after Lincoln issued the […]