Moments in Time – Sept. 26, 2018
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On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone is laid for a presidential residence in the newly designated capital city of Washington. It was called the “White House” because its ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Sept. 19, 2018
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On Oct. 6, 1683, encouraged by William Penn’s offer of 5,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania and the freedom to practice their religion, the first Mennonites arrive ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Sept. 12, 2018
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On Sept. 30, 1889, the Wyoming state convention approves a constitution that includes granting women the right to vote. Admitted into the union the following year, Wyoming ... Continue Reading →
Moments In Time – Sept. 5, 2018
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On Sept. 20, 1565, Spanish forces capture the French Huguenot settlement of Fort Caroline, near present-day Jacksonville, Florida. The French lost 135 men in the first ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 30, 2018
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On Sept. 11, 1857, Mormon guerillas, stoked by religious zeal, murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah. The conflict with the wagon train of emigrants apparently ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 22, 2018
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On Sept. 7, 1776, during the Revolutionary War, the American submersible craft Turtle attempts to attach a time bomb to the hull of British Admiral Richard Howe’s ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 15, 2018
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On Aug. 31, 1888, the first known victim of London serial killer “Jack the Ripper” is found murdered in the city’s impoverished Whitechapel district. At least ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 8, 2018
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On Aug. 24, 1814, during the War of 1812, British forces overwhelm American militiamen and march unopposed into Washington, D.C. Most congressmen and officials had already ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Aug. 1, 2018
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On Aug. 18, 1590, 100 colonists are discovered to be missing from the Roanoke Island colony in present-day North Carolina. The only clue to their disappearance was the ... Continue Reading →
Moments In Time – July 18, 2018
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On Aug. 1, 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the South American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking ... Continue Reading →
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