Vintage Audio - Call of America
Reproduced below is the speech recorded by the U.S. Democratic Party politician James Hamilton Lewis, who served as a whip in the U.S. Senate. Addressing his fellow Senators Hamilton Lewis urged full support for the external war against Germany (or 'Prussia' as he termed it) in much the same manner as the internal struggles of the 1860s were similarly resolved successfully. Use the player above to listen to a recording of Lewis's speech from 1917. Call of America Senators, it is the fate of every self-governing people to be tried by two assaults. If a nation cannot survive these assaults, she is overcome by internal revolution, or subjugated by foreign foe. Among modern nations, France survived revolution from within, but was overcome in assault from without under Wellington. Now sirs, true to the course of history, these United States must meet the assault from without. Then arose her sons to the call of the flag.
World History for Us All
World History for Us All: Key Theme Seven
Home > Key Themes > Seven Are morality and spirituality unique to human beings? How has human spirituality changed in the course of history? Do animals have a sense of spirituality or morality? As far as we know, all human communities have had ideas of a spiritual realm and of rules for right and wrong behavior. What can we know of the spiritual life of our distant ancestors in paleolithic times? We do have some ideas, however. The community may regard natural objects and forces, such as rain, wind, thunder, trees, the sun, the moon, and stars as members of a huge and varied family. In some parts of the world societies have totemic beliefs, that is, ideas about close spiritual ties between families or clans and particular animals. How did people contact the spirit world? Hunting and foraging people painted this rock art in Zimbabwe in Southern Africa about 2,000 years ago. In small-scale societies, most spirits were local, and people identified strongly with particular ones.
Timelines of History
MacroHistory : World History
15 Minute History | A podcast for educators, students, and history buffs
Host: Christopher Rose, Outreach Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UT-AustinGuest: Fred M. Donner, Director, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, University of Chicago The story of Islam’s beginnings have been told and retold countless times. Our guest, Fred M. Listen to Podcast (mp3—right click to download) Continue reading Host: Joan Neuberger, Editor, Not Even PastGuest: Carla Kaplan, Professor of American Literature, Northeastern University During the explosion of African American cultural and political activity that came to be known as the Harlem Renaissance, a number of white women played significant roles. Guest Carla Kaplan, author of Miss Anne in Harlem: White Women of the Harlem Renaissance, joins us to talk about the ways white women crossed both racial and gender lines during this period of black affirmation and political and cultural assertion. Listen to Podcast (mp3—right click to download) Continue reading Listen to Podcast (mp3—right click to download) Continue reading
Finnish Defense Forces Archive
What you have in front of you is a unique collection of photographs from the Wartime Photograph Archives ("SA-kuva-arkisto" in Finnish). It contains some 160,000 photographs from Finland's Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War. Most of the pictures were taken by Information Company (IC) photographers. Only the tones of the digitalised photographs have been slightly enhanced, otherwise the pictures are displayed in their original state. Please be advised: some of the photos can be disturbing and may cause distress to children and sensitive people. Photography in the additional war exercises of autumn 1939 and during the Winter War was completely random, and there was no time to arrange for systematic photography on the frontline. On the eve of the Continuation War in 1941, nine information companies (ICs) subordinate to the General Headquarters were formed. During Finland's wars, the negatives and paper prints were archived in the General Headquarters' Photography Division.
Holocaust Timeline
Jump to: 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1933 January 30, 1933 - Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany a nation with a Jewish population of 566,000. February 22, 1933 - 40,000 SA and SS men are sworn in as auxiliary police. February 27, 1933 - Nazis burn Reichstag building to create crisis atmosphere. February 28, 1933 - Emergency powers granted to Hitler as a result of the Reichstag fire. Terms of use: Private home/school non-commercial, non-Internet re-usage only is allowed of any text, graphics, photos, audio clips, other electronic files or materials from The History Place.
