We're History

We’re History: America Then for Americans Now. Written by scholars, it is real American history, with all of its triumphs, failures, twists, and ironies.

[We're History @werehist]

@EmilyYV68 Thanks!

[We're History @werehist]

Dear #twitterstorians: What sources do you recommend for learning more about May 23-24, 1865 Grand Review of Armies in D.C.? Interested in planning of the Review, recollections of soldiers who marched, public perceptions, newspaper articles, & pretty much anything. Thanks!

[Ari Berman @AriBerman]

Shocking stat: 57 senators who voted to convict Trump represent 76.7 MILLION more Americans than 43 senators who voted to acquit

[We're History @werehist]

Special Republican Party "How it Started, How it's Going" Lincoln's Birthday edition...
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How it started: How it's going:

[We're History @werehist]

Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States & viewed by most as our greatest president, born in KY #OnThisDay in 1809. Led the nation through the Civil War, insisted on a "new birth of freedom" so US could actually live up to "all men are created equal." #twitterstorians

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

You can explore more than 125 African American newspapers in Chronicling America through 1963. The Black press not only provided African Americans community information, but news through the lens of their own eyes. https://t.co/Py0dHzvJXO #AAHM
#BlackHistoryMonth #ChronAm

[We're History @werehist]

Despite "rugged westerner" image, Wm. Henry Harrison born on a VA plantation #OnThisDay in 1773. Elected ninth POTUS as a Whig in 1840; died 1 month after taking office, revealing a constitutional weakness: lack of specificity about presidential succession. #twitterstorians

[We're History @werehist]

The Fifteenth Amendment was ratified #OnThisDay in 1870, guaranteeing all men suffrage regardless of race. Needless to say, this promise has not always been kept. Access to voting for all remains an issue even today. #twitterstorians

[We're History @werehist]

Today is #NationalWomenPhysiciansDay, celebrated each year on Feb. 3 because it's the birthday of Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to earn a medical degree in the U.S. (at Geneva Medical College in NY). She was born in the U.K. #OnThisDay 200 yrs ago-2/3/1821.#twitterstorians

[We're History @werehist]

@amikegreen2 Yes, very true.

[We're History @werehist]

Reminder: on Wed., Jan. 6, domestic terrorists, fueled by Big Lie about voter fraud, attacked the US Capitol to prevent certification of a US election (in which, it turns out, many of them didn't even vote). Many Republicans want you to just forget about it. #twitterstorians

[We're History @werehist]

Provost Guard, 107th U.S. Colored Troops.

February is #BlackHistoryMonth.

#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory
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[We're History @werehist]

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ending Mexican-American War signed #OnThisDay in 1848. Mexico ceded land seen on this map to the US for $15 million. Many viewed the war & treaty as a southern land grab for more territory to which the South could expand slavery. #twitterstorians

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

Senate Republicans have expressed more outrage towards people kneeling for the National Anthem than insurrectionists storming the Capitol.

[Library of Congress @librarycongress]

On this date in 1960, four Black college students, remembered as the “Greensboro Four,” staged the first of several sit-ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, N.C. Read more in our historical newspaper archives. https://t.co/woWUv3SzyC #otd #ChronAm #AAHM #BlackHistoryMonth

[We're History @werehist]

Yesterday was 156th anniversary of Thirteenth Amendment's passage. On 1/31/1865, US House of Representatives passed it, sending it to states for ratification (Senate had passed the previous year). Amendment abolishes slavery "except as punishment for a crime." #twitterstorians

[We're History @werehist]

#OnThisDay 35 yrs ago-Jan. 28, 1986-Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff from Cape Canaveral, FL, killing all seven crew members. The mission had attracted public attention due to selection of Christa McAuliffe as "first teacher in space." #twitterstorians

[We're History @werehist]

Just a reminder that this happened three weeks ago today. Trump terrorists and leading Republicans/co-conspirators/enablers want you to forget so they're not held accountable. #twitterstorians

[We're History @werehist]

https://t.co/5nawsAtmVU #OnThisDay 60 years ago-Jan. 25, 1961-President John F. Kennedy held the nation's first-ever live televised news conference. Watch the entire news conference here via You Tube.
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[We're History @werehist]

https://t.co/Jkjq1bXC3s RIP, Hammerin' Hank.
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