Moments in Time – May 8, 2024
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On May 20, 1506, the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain. The first European to explore the Americas since 10th-century Vikings set up colonies ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 6, 2021
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On Oct. 19, 1796, a writer, mysteriously named “Phocion,” slyly attacks presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson in an essay published in the Gazette of the United States. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Dec. 11, 2019
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On Dec. 28, 1793, British-born American revolutionary Thomas Paine, author of “Common Sense,” is arrested in France for treason, having been tried in absentia and convicted. ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – Sept. 25, 2019
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On Oct. 9, 1635, religious dissident Roger Williams is banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony by the General Court of Massachusetts. Williams had spoken out against ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – June 19, 2019
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On July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, both John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, the second and third presidents of the United ... Continue Reading →
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