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Showing posts with label Memorials. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Memorials. Show all posts
Friday, March 8, 2024

The Story of Captain Abraham Lincoln.

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The life of American Revolution Captain Abraham Lincoln (1744-1786), the paternal grandfather of the esteemed 16th President, is a tale wove...
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Thursday, November 16, 2023

Dr. Bertha Van Hoosen, the first woman to head a medical division at a coeducational university, Loyola University Medical School.

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Born on March 26, 1863, Bertha Van Hoosen spent her early years on her parents' farm in Stony Creek Village, Michigan. Free to roam abou...
Saturday, May 20, 2023

John Kinzie and Potawatomi Chief Black Partridge Bravery During the Fort Dearborn Massacre, Chicago, August 15, 1812.

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Sculpture of the Fort Dearborn Massacre. The sculpture portrays the rescue of Margaret Helm by Potawatomi Chief Black Partridge. Monument by...
Sunday, March 26, 2023

Chinatown History, Chicago, Illinois.

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Looking to escape the anti-Chinese violence that had broken out on the west coast, the first Chinese arrived in Chicago after 1869 when the ...
Saturday, March 11, 2023

Elijah Lovejoy, an Abolitionist and Newspaper Publisher, Murdered in Alton, Illinois, on November 7, 1837.

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In historical writing and analysis, PRESENTISM introduces present-day ideas and perspectives into depictions or interpretations of the pas...
Friday, February 17, 2023

Mary Todd Lincoln's Life, a Timeline Summary, (1818-1882).

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1818 On December 13, Mary Ann Todd was born in Lexington, Kentucky. She was often called Molly. Her parents, Eliza and Robert Smith Todd wer...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Celebrating the First Day of Black History Month 2023 — The Obama Kissing Rock, Chicago, Illinois.

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Sitting in front of a Subway sandwich franchise at 53rd and South Dorchester in Chicago is a straightforward rock with a metallic plaque ins...