Americans Edmund Sears and Richard Willis composed this Christmas carol.
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The History of Torture
Some 150 years ago, the West all but abandoned torture. But it’s back—witness the new film Zero Dark Thirty
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Did Southern women live with their parents during the Civil War?
Was it common for Southern women to go live with their parents during the […]
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Daily Quiz for December 13, 2012
This president kept his late wife’s memory alive by hanging her portrait in the private quarters and ordering the staff to place fresh flowers in front of it daily.
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Daily Quiz for December 12, 2012
In April 1861, following the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for this many 90-day volunteer militia.
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Follow the Trail of the Buds of May
“Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summer’s lease hath all […]
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Colonel Walker and His Sword
Research and luck reunite a revered Confederate leader’s personal effects
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Were U.S. Presidents Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton impeached?
Impeachment. … Is it correct to say that Presidents Andrew Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, […]
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Daily Quiz for December 11, 2012
This man was the only the only person to be awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds.
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Daily Quiz for December 10, 2012
In 1871, Dr. Francis LeMoyne of Washington, Pennsylvania, founded LeMoyne College primarily for educating this group of Americans.