HISTORYMATTERS

Lover of all matters historical. I like what I like, and I post what I please. Retweets are not endorsements.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

Unable to deactivate my account. Interesting.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@RepMTG No one wants your faith, your family or your freedoms. Most Americans want the government to let them pray and love and be who they want to be, without prejudice or interference.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@mattgaetz I'm rather surprised that your attorney did not advise you that public statements, such as this, during an "investigation," are unwise. And you announed that your father was wearing a wire? Something very odd with this version of events. 🤔

[The Cromwell Museum @MuseumCromwell]

#OnThisDay 1 April 1657 Oliver Cromwell's Council of State gave orders that a tax was to be imposed on that 'noisome brew', frothy coffee; coffee houses having spread across London since 1652. The tax was repealed, but a tradition of expensive high street lattes was established.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Copper alloy hollow cast statue of the priestess Takushit at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. More: https://t.co/vl1nplF4gv

[Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse]

Resetting our clocks twice a year worked for Americans a century ago, but it’s time for a change. Instead of regularly disrupting our lives, we can make Daylight Savings Time permanent and give families more sunlight to enjoy after work and school.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

The second vaccine had some unpleasant side effects, but I'm glad I got it. I keep hearing people say they're not going to get one because they don't trust it. Yet they consume every other man made product on the planet without question. Weird.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@GregAbbott_TX

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@MSNBC Nobody hates Texans more than their elected officials, it would seem.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@RightWingWatch Natural disasters galore and he's blessing administrations?

[Karie Schultz @kmschultz24]

Must say that it's my first Valentines Day spent visiting the skull of St Valentine.

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

Oranges, Jacques Le Moyne, c. 1586

(British Museum)

[Prof Jamie Woodward @Jamie_Woodward_]

Say hello to Jonathan, he was alive when Darwin visited the Galapagos...

[Chris Stringer @ChrisStringer65]

CLAY BISON SCULPTURES IN THE CAVE, TUC D’AUDOUBERT, France. Just a few miles away from the Marsoulas Cave in the previous post about the conch shell horn, we were privileged to see the famous clay bison sculptures in the cave, Tuc d’Audoubert [From Kathy Schick on Facebook]

[John McCafferty @jdmccafferty]

14 Feb 1400: d (probably #otd) Richard II, deposed king of #England of neglect in #Pontefract Castle

[Natalie Grueninger @OntheTudorTrail]

#OTD in 1559, 25-year-old Elizabeth I was crowned at Westminster Abbey. In this portrait from c. 1600, the queen is shown in her coronation robes. She wears her crown and carries the orb and sceptre, symbols of her new office and authority.
(© NPG, London)

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@LindseyGrahamSC @senatemajldr Healing begins with elected officials doing everything in their power to set a precedence that no other POTUS will ever call for insurrection and get away with it. The question is, whose interests do you truly represent?

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Neo-Assyrian amethyst vase, 8th century BC, 7.9 cm high. Private Collection.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@realDonaldTrump It sounds as if he has set forth a plan to ensure this.

[HISTORYMATTERS @HistorySistory]

@NBCNews Disgraceful but not surprising.