Orphan Trains The Orphan Train Movement was a supervised welfare program that transported children from crowded Eastern cities of the United States to foster homes located largely in rural areas of the Midwest. The orphan trains operated between 1854 and 1929, relocating about 250,000 children. The co-founders of the Orphan Train movement claimed that these …
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May 04 2021
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America Unearthed: Stonehenge in New Hampshire America’s Stonehenge is a privately-owned tourist attraction and archaeological site consisting of a number of large rocks and stone structures scattered around roughly 30 acres (12 hectares) within the town of Salem, New Hampshire, in the United States. It is open to the public for a fee as part …
May 01 2021
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And now for something to make you smile. A couple was walking by a swimming pool when they noticed some baby ducklings were trapped and struggling to get out. So they placed a life preserver in the pool to help them out — and the footage is so cute 🐥 pic.twitter.com/kiSRSIVMOR — NowThis (@nowthisnews) April …
Apr 30 2021
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For eight seasons on the History Channel the series, The Curse of Oak Island, the brothers Rick and Marty Lagina from Michigan have been digging for rumored lost treasure. Having been there twice with ek hornbeck, I got interested in his fascination with the treasure hunt. One of the world’s most sought after treasures thought …
Apr 29 2021
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Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. Napoleon Bonaparte The Greatest Examples Of Underestimating The Enemy | Who’s Sorry Now? A look at the tragic consequences of underestimating the enemy. During the Second World War, the British commander of Singapore believed it to be an impregnable fortress until a numerically inferior Japanese …
Apr 28 2021
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History of Housecats and Just Nuisance, Able Seaman Just Nuisance (1 April 1937 – 1 April 1944) was the only dog ever to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. He was a Great Dane who between 1939 and 1944 served at HMS Afrikander, a Royal Navy shore establishment in Simon’s Town, South Africa. He …
Apr 27 2021
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There are volcanoes erupting all over the planet: Iceland, Italy, St. Vincent in the Caribbean, Hawaii and Alaska. The most active region is the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Ring of Fire includes the Pacific coasts of South America, North America and Kamchatka, and some islands in the western Pacific Ocean. Although there is consensus …
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