Ana Raquel Minian is one of our finest historians of immigration. I strongly recommend her book Undocumented Lives: The Untold Story of Mexican Migration. She has a powerful Times op-ed.
This is the grave of Albert Burleson. Born in 1863 in San Marcos, Texas, Burleson grew up rich in the aftermath of the Civil War. His father had owned a.
This is the grave of Jim Thorpe. Born in 1887 near Prague, Oklahoma, Thorpe grew up on the Sac and Fox Nation on what was once Indian Territory (basically the.
This is the grave of Lester Flatt. Born in 1914 in Duncan's Chapel, Tennessee, Flatt grew up around music. He learned the banjo, the mandolin and the guitar at the.
There's only one way to celebrate this day. Here's 10+ minutes of Norm Macdonald shitting on OJ Simpson pic.twitter.com/bEEhNozhp2 — Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) April 11, 2024
This is the mass grave of the dead indigenous people at San Fernando Mission in California. The Spanish intended the California mission system as a way to extend its power.
On April 10, 1917, four days after the U.S. declared war on Germany, the Eddystone Ammunition Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, outside of Chester, exploded, killing 139 workers, mostly women and.
This is the grave of George and Ira Gershwin, despite only George's name being on the front. We are going to focus a bit more on George here, both because.
