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This dugout canoe was found on the banks of the Red River! It dates to the 14th Century! At 34 feet in length, it is the largest Native American canoe ever discovered in Louisiana! Did you know? The dugout canoe was made from the hollowed-out logs of large trees Larto Lake is connected to the […]
Happy Birthday America! Everyone likes a birthday party. Today is America’s birthday party. Let’s celebrate! Here are a few words from Charles Kuralt on the Declaration of Independence. This is the day we celebrate our independence from Great Britain This is the day we celebrate our uniting together to become a strong nation This is […]
I’m proud to be an American! I’m proud of all of the courageous men and women who have helped shape our country into what it is today. It is not perfect, but it is better than any other nation on earth. We have the freedom to worship God where and how we please We have […]
Let’s celebrate D-Day today. Seventy-eight years ago, the Battle of Normandy occurred from June to August 1944 during World War II (1939-1945). Did you know? It ended in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from Nazi Germany’s authority The fight, codenamed Operation Overlord, began on D-Day, June 6, 1944 On this day, 156,000 American, British, […]
Let’s take a step back into history for a moment. When have we in the United States or in other parts of the world been divided and later united? Remember the Great Depression from 1929-1939? It was one of the greatest economic downturns in American and European history. Remember the American Revolution (1775-1783)? Remember the […]
Hello everyone from “History in 3 Minutes Podcast.” Welcome back! Today, let’s take another look at “The Civil War.” It continued with the use of new kinds of technology and the different ideologies between the southern and northern states. There was a faction within the Democratic party known as the “War Democrats”. They supported slavery […]
Welcome back to History in 3 Minutes Podcast. Today we are going to digress and take a look at the topic called “Language”. A language is a symbol system Each language is made up of sounds, gestures, characters, and letters For example, the gesture of a smile is made by flexing the muscles at the sides […]
Former President George W. Bush began the U.S. military invasion of Afghanistan in the fall of 2001 after the 9/11 terror attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Centers in New York. The U.S. pursued the al-Qaida militants who had planned the attack and received support from the Taliban. Here are other facts about Afghanistan. […]
What is the procedure when the U.S. President leaves office other than during federal elections? The United States Constitution, Amendment #25, provides a clear procedure as to who becomes the next President when the outgoing President leaves office. The 25th Amendment was proposed on January 4th, 1965. It was ratified by 38 states on February […]
I am one of the two largest conical mounds in eastern North America. I am listed on the National Register of Historic Places. I am 65 feet tall and 800 feet in circumference and contain 54,000 cubic yards of earth. I have quite a history. Archaeological investigations of the surrounding area suggest that I was constructed by […]
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