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@benfell

Commentary might be interesting

https://youtu.be/qfMBe04Ydug

#history #histodons

Ever heard of Absaroka? In 1939, fed-up ranchers on the Northern Plains had enough of the New Deal and tried to secede to form America’s 50th state. Led by a minor-league baseball player turned self-appointed governor, they made custom license plates, crowned a beauty queen, and staging a wild political rebellion. Read the untold story!

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/events/state-of-absorka

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

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Marco Polo with elephants and camels arriving at Hormuz on the Gulf of Persia from India

#History #Histodons #MarcoPolo #Hormuz #Perisa #India #PublicDomain #Art #Culture

#Image attribution: Boucicaut Master, (fl.1390-1430) (and workshop), Public domain, via Wikimedia Common. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marco_Polo_with_elephants_and_camels_arriving_at_Hormuz_on_the_Gulf_of_Persia_from_India.jpeg.

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Richard Caton Woodville - Vespasian rescued by his son Titus in Britain, 60.

#History #Histodons #Britain #PublicDomain #Art #Culture

#Image attribution: Richard Caton Woodville, Sr., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Caton_Woodville_-_Vespasian_rescued_by_his_son_Titus_in_Britain,_60.jpg.

#OTD (June 21)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Boston #UticaNY #SyracuseNY #Bronx #LosAngeles #KansasCity #Chicago #Cleveland #ProvidenceRI #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

Venetian refugees

Following the Lombard invasion in 568-569, and the subsequent conquest of Byzantine Venetia, mostly in the first half of the 600s, a part of the Venetian population of the mainland cities fled or left for the settlements in the nearby lagoons.

The lagoons were, by the late 600s, the only part of ancient Venetia, which remained under Byzantine rule.

#histodons #Lombards #Refugees #Venetians #Venezia #Venice

Read more here: https://historywalksvenice.com/article/early-venice/venetian-refugees/

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West Virginia turns 163: The only state born by breaking away from the Confederacy

🔗 https://wvexplorer.com/west-virginia-day-only-state-born-from-civil-war/

#History #Histodons #WestVirginia #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #Confederacy #CSA

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The Invention of Frenchness: Negotiating Cultural Boundaries in the Literary Languages of Medieval France

"Drawing on the Deleuzian notions of de- and re-territorialization, as well as that of the rhizome, this book shows that by the fourteenth century, French authors invented a rich and impactful idea of Frenchness that was both global and local."

🔗 https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.3828/9781805967293

#UniversityPress #History #Histodons #Literature #Nonfiction #Books #Bookstodon #France #Culture #Medieval #Language #Academia

Stone Child College rises from the windswept Bear Paw foothills as a story of survival and self‑determination — how the Chippewa Cree turned a century of displacement into a tribal college that protects culture, builds opportunity, and reshapes a community’s future.

Web:
https://www.bigskytreasure.org/history/institutions/stone-child-college

#WorldHistory #USHistory #MTHistory #Montana #History #BSTS #Fourosix #MontanaToday #histodons

Just a quick one while I do some heads down research. Check it out, like, comment and support if you are able.

https://ko-fi.com/post/Terms-and-Conditions-Apply-A1V021RKIQ

#NavalHistory
#Navy
#Impressment
#War
#Frigates
#History
#Histodons