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Uncommon Knowledge Related to the American Civil War and Slavery
The reality of the Civil War and the Antebellum era is quite different than what most people perceive. The following information brings to light some uncommon knowledge about this nation during the 1800s.
By Cheryl E Preston19 days ago in History
The Writers Between the Frames...
The theater is dark. An orchestra plays somewhere beneath the screen as hundreds of faces stare toward a rectangle of flickering light, watching a young man cross an elegant drawing room toward the woman he loves. He stops. She turns. Something has happened between them; the audience can see it in her face, but there is no voice to explain it, no whispered confession, no trembling accusation, no clever line delivered at precisely the right moment. The screen goes black. Words appear. The audience laughs. Then the words vanish, the actors return, and the story moves on. The sentence might have occupied the screen for only a few seconds, but somebody had to write it. In the strange, rapidly evolving world of silent Hollywood, those words could matter enormously.
By The Iron Lighthouse20 days ago in History
Celebrating 819 Years of the Poet Rumi
The great Poet Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi was born in 1207 in Balkh, a great center of learning and culture in what is now Afghanistan. His childhood unfolded during a period of upheaval that would eventually drive his family from their home and send them westward across Central Asia.
By Tim Carmichael26 days ago in History
Radithor: When America Drank the Atomic Age
In the 1920s, radium represented the dazzling promise of modern science. Then someone decided to bottle it... America entered the 1920s looking toward the future. Electric lights had transformed the night. Automobiles were remaking cities and countryside alike. Radio carried voices invisibly through the air. Airplanes, once an impossible dream, were becoming machines of commerce and adventure. Science seemed capable of anything. And few discoveries seemed more mysterious, or more promising, than radium.
By The Iron Lighthouse27 days ago in History
The Life and Legacy of Poet Mary Weston Fordham
I was recently at our local library when the Librarian told me about a poet I had never heard of, Mary Weston Fordham. I sat down and began reading her work on the library's computer, moving through the pages of her 1897 collection, Magnolia Leaves . I had planned to read a few poems, but I couldn't stop. One poem led me to another, and soon I was absorbed in the work of an amazing woman whose name had somehow escaped me for all these years.
By Tim Carmichaelabout a month ago in History
The Cyclists Who Paved the Way for America's Cars
Imagine purchasing the finest bicycle money could buy in 1895. It's a beautiful machine... gleaming metal, pneumatic tires, a comfortable saddle. You’ve joined a cycling club, acquired a handsome riding outfit, and informed your family that you intend to spend Sunday exploring the countryside.
By The Iron Lighthouseabout a month ago in History
September Rising: My 2026 9/11 Stairclimb
On September 11th 2021 I attended the Greensboro 9/11 Stairclimb for the first time ever on the 20th year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Because 9/11 had a big impact on me my whole life growing up I felt it was my duty to attend and participate. Walking to preserve the history of 9/11 and all its heroes is very important to me. What I actually could’ve imagined was that 5 years later I would still be attending and I’m glad to say that this year was the biggest and perhaps most important year I’ve ever attended.
By Joe Pattersonabout a month ago in History
The Return of a Myth
Some articles just have no purpose for an introduction. However to serve the purpose of understanding how this specific article arrived, I will introduce this as the conclusion of an afternoon spent in good company and a nice cup of joe. Enjoy.
By Corey W Harlandabout a month ago in History
