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Alright, I have to admit, I really like this one.

"Canvassing for a Vote"
G.C. Bingham, 1852

[American Battlefield Trust @Battlefields]

“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!” — Patrick Henry; the founding father and proud Virginian died #OnThisDay June 6, 1799. https://t.co/tyAPZ3MZkf

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@mocivilwarblog @USNatArchives What topic?

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Post Office in Apiti, New Zealand, 1903.

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Cowboys branding a calf in South Dakota, 1888.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

Today in History: "golden spike" joins transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah Territory, 1869 #otd #tih https://t.co/OyaSJCwQgq

[American Battlefield Trust @Battlefields]

"They couldn’t hit an elephant at that distance."—Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, moments before being shot dead by Confederate sharpshooters #OnThisDay, May 9, 1864, during the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.

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Born 5/9/1800: John Brown, the anti-slavery insurgent who lived on a legend - a martyr to Federal soldiers, & a terrorist to the 'Secesh'. Even so, both sides fulfilled Brown's prophetic final words: "that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood."

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Today in 1863, Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn was killed. However, it was not as a result of a Union bullet, but his reputation as a womanizer. The murderer was the husband of a woman that Van Dorn allegedly had an affair with while serving in Tennessee.

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Can't wait to go!

[Clay County Museum @ClayCoMuseum]

The Battle of Liberty/Blue Mills Exhibit is now complete with a diorama of the event! A Passport Center for the Missouri Civil War project - get your passport, your stamp and your map @ClayCoMuseum now!

[HISTORY @HISTORY]

In fact, some contend that the year-long delay of the French invasion gave Lincoln’s generals just enough time to win decisive Union victories before France's emperor could provide upgraded munitions to the Confederacy. #CincoDeMayo https://t.co/vbaFRirLEC

[American Experience @AmExperiencePBS]

On May 6, 1937, the German dirigible Hindenburg caught fire while attempting to dock in Lakehurst, New Jersey, resulting in 36 fatalities. A large press presence that day made it one of history's most well-documented disasters. #tih #otd

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Missouri Civil War enthusiasts will also know Atchison as the Jaykawkers' worst nightmare during the border wars until Quantrill...

[Presidential Wisdom @PrezWisdom]

PRESIDENT DAVID ATCHISON 🇺🇸 ❓
Pres. James K. Polk’s 🇺🇸 term ended @ noon on 4 March 1849, & new President, Zachary Taylor, a hardcore Episcopalian, refused to be sworn in on a Sunday. Therefore, David Atchison served as the 1st ever "Acting President" for the duration.
#POTUS

[We're History @werehist]

Pres. Chester A. Arthur signed the Chinese Exclusion Act #OnThisDay in 1882. It prohibited immigration to U.S. by Chinese laborers. First time in American history a law was implemented to prevent all members of a specific ethnic group from entering the U.S. #twitterstorians

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Signed document of Germany's World War II surrender, tomorrow 1945:

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Today in 1865, Jefferson Davis held his final meeting with his cabinet in Washington, Georgia. Together, they voted to officially dissolve the Confederate States of America, putting an end to the secessionist experiment. In subsequent weeks, Davis was captured and imprisoned.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Hindenburg hovering over Manhattan--hours before disaster at Lakehurst, NJ, tomorrow 1937: #AP

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High school teacher John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in Dayton, Tennessee on May 5, 1925. #otd #tih
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"In Without Knocking", Charles Marion Russell, 1909.

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Thought this was super cool! Four men from the same small Oklahoma town, all veterans of different wars! Imagine fighting in the Civil War and seeing how drastically warfare had changed!