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Your ringside seat to history -
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Crossing the Plains, 1865
"Oh, the dust, the dust; it is terrible." Accidents, sickness, river crossings, Indian encounters, mud, dust, monotony, and terror: young Sarah Raymond describes making the trek to a new life in the West aboard a wagon train.
The Battle of Gettysburg, 1863
"Shouting, yelling most unearthly, cursing, brandishing their revolvers, and firing right and left:" fifteen-year-old Tillie Pierce witnesses the horrors of combat and one of the Civil War's decisive battles..
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Full Steam Ahead!
The USS Connecticut under full steam, 1907. One of naval history's most famous photos - it almost cost the photographer his life.
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A Passage to America, 1750
"...during the voyage there is on board these ships terrible misery." A German immigrant describes the arduous journey to colonial America.
The Bonus Army Invades Washington, 1932
"I was horrified to see plain evidence of hunger in their faces." In the depths of the Great Depression, an army of World War I veterans occupies America's capital.
Germany in Defeat, 1945
"White flags were hanging out of windows in villages we passed on the way..." A tour of Germany just days after its surrender.
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"A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)
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