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HIStory. HERstory. THEIRstory. OURstory. America as you may not know, but ought to learn. *Regular posts coming soon. Stay tuned!*
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
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November 28, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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My heart is with the family of Specialist Sarah Beckstrom tonight, and the entire National Guard community.

Her service to our nation will never be forgotten.

May she rest in peace.
Live Updates: National Guard Soldier Dies From Wounds in D.C. Shooting
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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In 1615 Fort Nassau was founded near Albany, New York
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM
#Ugandans in America have pursued a variety of occupations. Because agriculture is an important sector to Uganda's economy, employing over 80 % of the work force, many #Ugandan Americans have farming backgrounds
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#inuit groups organized in the 1970s to see that high schools were built in their villages.
November 28, 2025 at 12:47 AM
During the first decades of #Basque immigration, many men sent back to their native villages in Europe for brides
November 28, 2025 at 12:41 AM
It was not until 1960 that the U.S. Census Bureau categorized these immigrants by their nation of origin
November 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Almost half of the American #Mormon population are Republicans. The rest are independents, Democrats, and small political party members.
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Marius Nygaard Smith Petersen, physician and orthopaedic surgeon #Norwegian #American
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Craig Stevens, TV actor, served in the US #AirForce
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
#Cherokees, like other American #Indians, generally face the same health problems as anyone else
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
November 27, 2025 at 11:24 PM
According to the 1990 U.S. Census, there are nearly 860,000 persons of #Cuban descent in the United States
November 27, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Kru is the most widely spoken ethnic #Liberian language in the United States and it is ranked thirty-fifth among the top non-#English languages spoken by Americans, according to Census Bureau data from 1990
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Monster, by Walter Dean Myers, 1999, is a book often challenged in the #UnitedStates
November 27, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Mark Takano, US Congressman, #Asian #American
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
In 1855, the #Blackfoot signed their first treaty, known as Lame Bull's Treaty, after the powerful Piegan chief who signed it
November 27, 2025 at 10:27 PM
#Ethiopians are aware of racial divisions that exist in the United States, however, they generally try to resist forming an identity out of their ethnicity
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Jordan established diplomatic ties to the United States in 1949.
November 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM