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Vietnam/American War Unknown. Revolutionary War Unknown. Civil War Unknown. Rumsey Historical Map Collection. The David Rumsey Map Collection was started over 25 years ago and contains more than 150,000 maps.

Rumsey Historical Map Collection

The collection focuses on rare 18th and 19th century maps of North and South America, although it also has maps of the World, Asia, Africa, Europe, and Oceania. The collection includes atlases, wall maps, globes, school geographies, pocket maps, books of exploration, maritime charts, and a variety of cartographic materials including pocket, wall, children's, and manuscript maps. Billy the Kid - Drunk History Video Clip. Chickamauga Animated Map.

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Chickamauga Animated Map

Watch our animated map of the Battle of Chickamauga, produced by Wide Awake Films. Learn more about this important Civil War battle in Georgia. Smithsonian's History Explorer Lessons & Activities. "Seeing" Music Grade Range: K-4Resource Type(s): Lessons & ActivitiesDuration: 5 MinutesDate Posted: 3/8/2012 Dance is just one way to turn music into something you can see.

Smithsonian's History Explorer Lessons & Activities

Your computer can take music and turn it into a different kind of visible art. Part of an OurStory module entitled An American Story in Dance and Music, this activity include... 101 Questions. Rummaging in the Governments attic: Governmentattic.org. Rumsey Historical Map Collection. War & Peace. Welcome to Brooke Army Medical Center. 10th Mountain Division (United States)

Originally activated as the 10th Light Division (Alpine) in 1943, the division was redesignated the 10th Mountain Division in 1944 and fought in the mountains of Italy in some of the roughest terrain in the country.

10th Mountain Division (United States)

Following the war, the division was deactivated, only to be reactivated and redesignated as the 10th Infantry Division in 1948. The division first acted as a training division and, in 1954, was converted to a full combat division and sent to Germany before being deactivated again in 1958. M777 howitzer. The M777 is manufactured by BAE Systems' Global Combat Systems division.

M777 howitzer

Prime contract management is based in Barrow-in-Furness in the UK as well as manufacture and assembly of the titanium structures and associated recoil components. Final integration and testing of the weapon is undertaken at BAE's facility in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.[3] Design[edit] US Marine gunners test fire an M777 howitzer. San Antonio Military Medical Center. San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC) — formerly Brooke General Hospital (BGH) — is situated at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, and is part of Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) and the U.S.

San Antonio Military Medical Center

Army Medical Command. BAMC is the command element over all Army medical facilities in the San Antonio area, including SAMMC. It is a University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and USUHS teaching hospital and is home to the Army Burn Center. Social Studies, Government, and Geography. What Caused the American Civil War? Transform your history classroom.

What Caused the American Civil War?

ActiveHistory provides entertaining, educational award-winning interactive simulations, decision-making games, self-marking quizzes, high-quality worksheets and detailed lesson plans for teachers and students. Useful Links. The American Civil War: Why did the Union Win? The following unit follows the unit on "What Caused the American Civil War?

The American Civil War: Why did the Union Win?

". War & Peace. AMERICAN HISTORY. A People's History of the United States. The Note: This great book should really be read by everyone.

A People's History of the United States

It is difficult to describe why it so great because it both teaches and inspires. History Website Resources. History. The Bitter Years. The Bitter Years first travels the United States and then also Europe.

The Bitter Years

The Civil War Parlor. Early American History. Native Americans. The Abolition of Slavery Project. Civil Rights. Civil/Human Rights. The Bitter Years. Desert. Prison–Industrial Complex. Fold3.com. The American Genealogical Index v.6. You are browsing the text-only version of this page.

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Login Help. A Map of San Francisco, After a Catastrophic Rise in Sea Levels. Far in the future, San Francisco's Divisadero Street is a cruise-ship harbor, taco trucks have become taco boats, and the Mission District is a beloved site for scuba diving. That's the waterlogged vision of cartographer Brian Stokle and Bay Area blog Burrito Justice, who've made a fantasy map of the city post-200 feet of sea-level rise. The map, though it's been around a while, is getting its wonky due in a new urban-cartography exhibit at local urban-planning think tank SPUR.

(The show runs until February 6.) Welcome to USA for Kids. Games and Activities about America. USA Geography - Map Game - Geography Online Games. "I stumbled upon your fun interactive geography games from a link on the Massachusetts Geographic Alliance Website. Roanoke Colony. Former colony in present-day Dare County, North Carolina, United States Lane's colony was troubled by a lack of supplies and poor relations with the local Native Americans.

While awaiting a delayed resupply mission by Richard Grenville, Lane decided to abandon the colony and return to England with Francis Drake in 1586. Grenville arrived two weeks later and left a small detachment to protect Raleigh's claim.[1]:70–77 In 1587 Raleigh sent White on an expedition to establish the Cittie of Raleigh in Chesapeake Bay. However, during a stop to check on Grenville's men, flagship pilot Simon Fernandes insisted that White's colonists would remain on Roanoke.[1]:81–82, 89 White, however, returned to England with Fernandes, intending to bring more supplies back to his colony in 1588.[1]:93–94. Historical Collections.

An important part of CIA's ongoing effort to be more open and to provide for more public accountability has been a recognition of the importance of declassifying historically significant Agency documents. The process of opening up the Agency's historical record began in the 1980s when then Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) William Casey authorized the declassification and transfer of nine million pages of OSS records to the National Archives and established the Historical Review Program.

A more formal Historical Review Program (HRP) was established by DCI Robert Gates in 1992. Reaffirming the principle that the US government's records should be open to the public, the program called for significant historical information to be made available unless such release could cause damage to the national security interests of the United States. Subsequent DCIs R. Our Historical Collections are listed below. What really happened on the Revolutionary War's "Dark Day" Smithsonian Folkways - The nonprofit record label of the Smithsonian Institution.

NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein. History. Sick Around America. Welcome to the Parker Library on the Web. U.S.A. History Website Resources. Social Studies. History and Social Studies. US History. History Resources. American History. The history of Halloween. History of Halloween. Learn American Holidays - Halloween.

Civil/Human Rights. Civil Rights. 13 Colonies. Rummaging in the Governments attic: Governmentattic.org. Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. The National Security Archive. December 9, 2014 Torture Report Finally Released Senate Intelligence Committee Summary of CIA's Detention and Interrogation Program Concludes CIA Misled Itself, Congress, the President about Lack of Effectiveness. September 28, 2014 THE YELLOW BOOK Secret Salvadoran military document from the civil war era catalogued "enemies," many killed or disappeared.

More recent items The National Security Archive is an independent non-governmental research institute and library located at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Supplement to Early Settlers. Library of Congress Home. Revolutionary War Soldiers Genealogy. United States Constitution. Who Was Rosie the Riveter?: The American Factory Women of World War II. The Endangered Bookstores of New York.

This Built America. Indigènes et indiens, actualités - Les 10 peuples… - IDLE NO MORE - Le vol des droits… - Flagstaff Arizona :… - Le tipi des… - coco Magnanville. 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance. 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance © (The San Francisco Aim Chapter's demonstration of October 11, 1992. Protest against 500 Years in San Francisco....courtesy of Bobby Castillo) History through Art: Introduction. United States Regions. USA. US History. Melvin Van Peebles - Won't Bleed Me. Air Force History - Home. Naval History and Heritage Command. National Archives - World War II Records. Smithsonian Channel: It's Brighter Here. History Resources. Free Resources. Close If you are trying to view the videos from inside a school or university, your IT admin may need to enable streaming on your network.

Please see the Internet Filtering section of our Technical Requirements page. PBS LearningMedia. National Geographic - Inspiring People to Care About the Planet Since 1888. National Politics. Cook County Cemetery. History of United States of America - in Depth - Continued. Staple Singers - Brand New Day. Marvin Gaye - You're The Man. S.O.U.L. - Tell It Like It Is. The Ryerson Index. James Brown - Ghetto Reality. Ghetto Kitty - Stand Up And Be Counted. U.S. Army Center Of Military History. CanIStream.It: Search Netflix, Hulu, Vudu, Android, Amazon, Crackle, Redbox, XFINITY Streampix, HBO GO, Showtime, Blockbuster, Youtube Movies, EPIX and iTunes for movies to stream instantly, rent, and buy.

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