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John McNeer April 29, 2020April 29, 2020 0 Comments #americanhistory, #benitomussolini, #deathofmussolini, #history, #italiancampaign, #italy, #milan, #mussolini, #secondworldwar, #ushistory, #veteran, #worldwarii, #worldwariiveteran, #wwii, #wwiiveteran, American History, Modern World History, US History

Weldon Reynolds Remembers the Death of Mussolini

75 years ago on April 28, 1945, Italian partisans killed dictator Benito Mussolini and his entourage near Lake Como. By

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John McNeer February 25, 2020February 28, 2020 0 Comments #americandemocracy, #americanhistory, #conservation, #freedom, #history, #houseofburgesses, #liberty, #libertyordeath, #libertyordeathspeech, #monument, #patrickhenry, #preservation, #revolutionarywar, #richmond, #stjohnschurch, #ushistory, #virginiahistory, #warofindependence, news

A Call to Save Historic St. John’s Church

Historic St. John’s Church where Patrick Henry delivered his “Liberty or Death” Speech is in immediate need of repairs.

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John McNeer February 13, 2020February 13, 2020 1 Comment #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance [Abridged]

Author’s Note: In the more concise version of this post I will focus on an incident in 1800 that reveals

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John McNeer February 12, 2020February 13, 2020 4 Comments #alexanderhamilton, #americanhistory, #americanpolitics, #antifederalist, #britain, #constitution, #electionof1796, #electionof1800, #federalist, #founders, #founding, #foundingfathers, #france, #frenchrevolution, #genet, #georgewashington, #history, #impeachment, #jamesmadison, #jaytreaty, #marthawashington, #neutrality, #politics, #reignofterror, #revolutionarywar, #thomasjefferson, #usfounders, #ushistory, #warof1812, #washingtonadministration

The Rupture of George Washington’s and Thomas Jefferson’s Friendship and Its Importance

Author’s Note: When I started this blog I wanted to create concise but informative summaries that were either historically important

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John McNeer November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 1 Comment #americanhistory, #berkeleyhundred, #colonialvirginia, #firstthanksgiving, #georgewashington, #history, #pilgrim #berkeleyplantation, #sarahjosephahale, #thanksgiving, #ushistory, #virginia, #virginiahistory

The Real First Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is one of America’s unique holidays. Over time our celebration has developed into a day dedicated to remembering our

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John McNeer October 31, 2019January 5, 2022 10 Comments #americanhistory, #halloween, #history, #superstition, #ushistory, #virginiawitch. #virginia, #witchcraft, #witchhunt, #witchofpungo

Grace Sherwood, The Witch of Pungo– Truth and Fiction

A brief history of witchcraft and separating fact from fiction in the witchcraft trial of Grace Sherwood, the Witch of Pungo.

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John McNeer October 15, 2019October 16, 2019 2 Comments #1stamendment, #adamsilver, #americandemocracy, #americanhistory, #billofrights, #censorship, #china, #constitution, #currentevents, #darylmorey, #guiminhai, #history, #nba, #politics, #repression, #rights, #tweets, #ushistory, Commentary, Modern World History, news

The NBA, Chinese Repression, Hong Kong Protests and Lessons in American Liberty

The Chinese repression that has come to light in the recent controversy with the NBA and protests in Hong Kong offers a reminder of how fortunate Americans are.

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John McNeer September 25, 2019October 16, 2019 1 Comment #400thanniversary, #africanamerican, #americanhistory, #americanslavery, #anniversary, #colonialamerica, #colonialvirginia, #history, #newworld, #slavery, #slavetrade, #ushistory, #virginia, #virginiahistory, #westernhemisphere

The First Africans in Virginia and the Establishment of Slavery in America

400 Years ago the first Africans arrived in America. Recent research has revealed much about their status in early Colonial Virginia and background.

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John McNeer August 27, 2019February 23, 2020 3 Comments #1stamendment, #americanhistory, #blasphemy, #colonialamerican, #firstamendment, #freedomofreligion, #freedomofspeech, #history, #individualrights, #play, #rights, #theater, #ushistory, #virginia, #yebareandyecubb, #yebareandyecubbe, #yebeqarandyecub

The First American Play: Ye Bare and Ye Cubbe, Insights into Colonial Culture and Individual Rights

I found a curious item in researching daily events that is interesting in and of itself but also for what

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John McNeer March 19, 2018March 30, 2020 7 Comments #americanhistory, #corona, #coronavirus, #covid, #covid19andspanishflu, #covidandspanishflu, #history, #medicine, #worldwari, #wwi, American History, Commentary, coronavirusandspanishflu, covid-19, covid19, Modern World History, pandemic, spanishflu

Spanish Flu: the Mother of all Pandemics

The Influenza Pandemic resulted I the deadliest month in US History and killed up to 5% of the world’s 1918 population.