#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1988, Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' wins the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993.

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“Remember all Men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the Ladies we are determined to foment a Rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation."

#OnThisDay, 31 Mar 1776, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, John Adams, who was drafting the Declaration of Independence. He declined her suggestions.

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The Streets of Laredo by Larry McMurtry: An Audiobook Review

Scattered legends and failing heroes, the closing chapter of the epic Western series

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"In the age before the Industrial Revolution many Essex County residents had home shops in the yards where family and neighbors could earn extra part-time money by doing piece work on shoes."

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https://primaryresearch.org/ten-footer-shoe-shops-of-essex-county/

Ten-Footer Shoe Shops of Essex County

The “Ten-Footer” Shop Shop of Essex County was truly a cottage industry. In David Johnson’s “Sketches of Lynn” (1880), he describes the “Ten-Footer” as one…

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Trump just ended a 165-year tradition by signing your dollar bills — here’s why no president has ever done it before

The president’s signature will replace the U.S. Treasurer’s on every new bill starting this summer — a first…
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https://www.newsbeep.com/456973/

🔥 **BATTLE OF HORSESHOE BEND - MARCH 27, 1814** 🔥

In the heart of Alabama's swamps, General Andrew Jackson leads 3,000 US troops and Cherokee allies in a devastating assault against the Red Stick Creek fortifications. The Creek warriors' wooden barricades along the Tallapoosa River's horseshoe bend become their tomb as over 800 fall in this brutal engagement. This crushing victory effectively ends the Creek War and reshapes the American Southeast forever.

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🏛️ LINCOLN, GRANT & SHERMAN STRIKE FINAL BLOW — CITY POINT CONFERENCE

March 27, 1865 — President Abraham Lincoln meets with Union Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman at their Virginia headquarters to plot the final campaign that would end the Civil War just weeks later. This historic gathering at City Point would shape the surrender at Appomattox and reunite a nation torn apart.

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A Fearless Woman: A Memoir of Resilience and Resistance by Ruth Rosen

A book review of a mother’s memoir and a daughter’s legacy

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#History #AmericanHistory With America 250 approaching, I looked at which towns are Victory Towns, meaning they were part of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route in 1781 as the American Revolution continued. More: https://w3r-us.org/victory-towns/
W3R Victory Towns

The USA has nearly 20,000 incorporated cities, towns, and villages, and yet fewer than 200 are what we call “Victory Towns” because they were witnesses to the 700-mile march of American and French troops to Yorktown, Virginia, where they achieved victory in the American Revolution.

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