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"My Old Kentucky Home" is sung every year at the Kentucky Derby. Written in 1852 as an anti-slavery ballad, the song has a more sinister meaning upon closer examination.
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In the early 1990's U.S. crime rates had been on a steep upward climb since the Johnson presidency of the 1960's. The crack cocaine epidemic in the mid…
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The book tells the story of Hercules, a slave whom George Washington used as a chef. The book shows Hercules and his daughter happy and taking pride in making the president a birthday cake.
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The Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum has put its collection of FDR audio recordings online for the first time.
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The former president is remembered for progressive views on the state, but his views on race were anything but. With his legacy at Princeton now disputed, historians weigh Wilson's complex history.
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Thanksgiving is a holiday with a complicated history. So some teachers have developed strategies to teach it to young students.
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The "chemical hearth," dating back to the 1820s, was unearthed by workers doing renovations on the Rotunda at the University of Virginia. It is thought to be one of very few such labs still surviving.
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Times change and so do manners. We reassess good behavior in 2015.
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During the world wars of the 20th century, librarians played a role worth remembering.
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Along with the words and phrases that still ring out 239 years later are less noticed turns of phrase. They say a lot about the messages Thomas Jefferson and the other Founding Fathers wanted to send.