Ann Hodges

[Find a Grave @FindaGrave]

Robert Burns, the "Ploughman Poet," passed away #OnThisDay in 1796, only 37 years old. Though the national poet of Scotland, he is famous worldwide for poems such as "A Red, Red Rose," and "Auld Lang Syne." Burns' memorial page: https://t.co/o3MmOIb0cR photo: Linda

[Newspapers.com @_newspapers]

John Dillinger was killed by federal agents on #ThisDayInHistory 85 years ago. Dillinger was America's Public Enemy Number 1 at the time. Learn about his life of crime and his death on our blog:

https://t.co/WBAxjtoK47

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Today in History: ice cream cone introduced, 1904 #yum #otd #tih https://t.co/8OERlaJU3y

[State Historical Society of Missouri @SHSofMo]

#DYK that #SHSMO has over 17,000 pictures in our Digital Photograph Collection? Here are four of our favorites. What are yours? Learn more about your history at https://t.co/GF4dgUUvTS. [P632, P164, C3888, P425] #Missouri #ShowMe #ShowMeHistory #photography #photos

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart was born on this day in 1897. The Library's collections are full of papers, books & photos of the groundbreaking pilot, who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937. https://t.co/VCXn49qEfA #otd #tih #AmeliaEarhart #Changemaker

[Newspapers.com @_newspapers]

This newspaper photo shows the scene the Eastland Disaster in #Chicago, which occurred #OTD in 1915. A ship tipped over at the dock, resulting in more than 800 deaths.

See the photo and read eye-witness accounts in the @chicagotribune on our site: https://t.co/2zfsRUrYaV

[Newspapers.com @_newspapers]

#OTD in 1920, the Post Office ruled you couldn't ship children in the mail. Headline writers around the nation had a field day with that bit of news, but the Rutland Herald had the clear winner.

Read the full @RutlandHerald article on our site: https://t.co/i0TGmsQsO5

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Susan B. Anthony was found guilty #OTD 1873 & fined $100 for voting in the 1872 Presidential election. The reason: she was a woman. More in our online newspaper archives: https://t.co/SY15SL3ehL #Suffrage100 #ShallNotBeDenied #ChronAm

[St. Louis Blues @StLouisBlues]

Celebrate, STL! You’ve waited a long time for this. #WeAllBleedBlue #stlblues

[St. Louis Metropolitan Police @SLMPD]

Congratulations to our #StanleyCupChampions @StLouisBlues #WeAllBleedBlue #stlblues

[NationalArchivesNYC @ArchivesNYC]

Mabel Ping-Hua Lee, the 1st Chinese woman to earn a PhD from Columbia, fought for universal suffrage even though she couldn't benefit from it under the Chinese Exclusion Act, which prevented Chinese immigrants from becoming citizens. #19thAt100 #BecauseOfHerStory #RightfullyHers

[LOCMaps @LOCMaps]

The latest Library of Congress #StoryMap explores the #Normandy invasion through the incredible personal stories of four veterans who experienced that fateful day. #WWII #VeteransHistoryProject #DDay

See the Story Map here: https://t.co/1ZT8w56MHj

[Irish Family History Centre @IrishFamHistCen]

Exciting news for genealogists today as Irish Genealogy release new Birth, Marriage and Death records! These records include births for 1917 & 1918, marriages 1864-1869, 1942 & 1943 and deaths for 1967 & 1968. https://t.co/oJpB8uZ34F #irishgenealogy @EPICMuseumCHQ @thejournal_ie

[Amber Oldenburg 📖 @1BranchAtATime]

Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings, here are 10 things you may not have known about the Normandy invasion.
https://t.co/621ks9rc9T
#DDay75years

[State Historical Society of Missouri @SHSofMo]

The @Missouri2021 Commemoration will be here before you know it to mark 200 years of statehood. Before the #ShowMeState was established on August 10, 1821, though, it was the Missouri Territory for nine years. #Missouri became a territory #OTD 207 years ago. #SHSMO #ShowMeHistory

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

OPENING TODAY: A new exhibition, "Shall Not Be Denied: Women Fight for the Vote," tells the story of women's suffrage in America from Seneca Falls through the passage of the 19th Amendment. https://t.co/bUVB99MmRa #Suffrage100 #ShallNotBeDenied #Changemakers

[Fold3 @fold3]

Tomorrow marks the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Read some amazing accounts from that day on our blog: https://t.co/0ZkJqJI2Aa

[State Historical Society of Missouri @SHSofMo]

#DYK that before the @StLouisBlues called the @Enterprise Center home, they played at the Checkerdome? The country's second-largest indoor entertainment venue when it opened in 1929, it was home to the Blues & other sports franchises until is demolition in 1999. #SHSMO #LGB #STL

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Today in History: President Grover Cleveland marries Frances Folsom in a celebrated White House ceremony, 1886 #otd #tih https://t.co/MvE9BVivSc

[Newspapers.com @_newspapers]

#London's famous #BigBen began operating on May 31, 1859--160 years ago today! This London newspaper article published the day after noted that the hands on only two of the clock's faces were working that first day. #OTD

Read the article on our site:
https://t.co/NxtLCuRM0E