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Lincoln would violate the Militia Act of 1795 when he called the militia without the state requesting aid. Before my withdrawal from the senate, I made the same point about the limitations of the law. So why does anyone pretend Lincoln's actions were legal? #history #ushistory
Lincoln would violate the Militia Act of 1795 when he called the militia without the state requesting aid. Before my withdrawal from the senate, I made the same point about the limitations of the law. So why does anyone pretend Lincoln's actions were legal? #history #ushistory
Today in 1607 – The Virginia Company colonists make landfall at Cape Henry. #UShistory @Wikipedia bit.ly/4dg82OY
No, VA did not secede on 4/17! The VA voters determined that in May. Lee was offered a command so knew he could face orders to invade his state. The timeline is critical to understanding Lee's decision and Lincoln's illegal order to invade the cotton states. #history #ushistory
No, VA did not secede on 4/17! The VA voters determined that in May. Lee was offered a command so knew he could face orders to invade his state. The timeline is critical to understanding Lee's decision and Lincoln's illegal order to invade the cotton states. #history #ushistory
#ONthisdayinhistory the #Union soldiers killed John Wilkes Booth. On #APRIL26 1865 John Wilkes Booth was killed inside a tobacco barn. They wanted him alive, but he came out fighting. He was the assassin of #Abrahamlincoln. #HISTORY #USHISTORY
Day 42: Article 1, Section 9 Powers Forbidden To Congress #fightmisinformation #USConstitution #truth #ushistory #KnowledgeIsPower #Vote #article1 #congress #billofattainer See our bio for previous posts--full text of the US Constitution in daily bite size pieces
Learn more about the legacy of George Rogers Clark and why it still matters today. youtu.be/EdINWDXonB0?si… #history #americanhistory #ushistory #americanrevolution
#OTD 1961: President #JohnKennedy stated that as President, he bore sole responsibility for the for the failed #BayOfPigs invasion. nsarchive2.gwu.edu/bayofpigs/chro… #USHistory #ColdWarHistory
While the CSA Congress debated Black soldiers, VA papers published their endorsement of Black soldiers (with freedom) from CSA Regiments. Faux historians know they are lying about the war. #History #ushistory
While the CSA Congress debated Black soldiers, VA papers published their endorsement of Black soldiers (with freedom) from CSA Regiments. Faux historians know they are lying about the war. #History #ushistory
#Onthisday (4/26/1863), Sherman declares (even after the Emancipation Proclamation) that he only wants to use Blacks to win the war. Faux historians declare the objective of the war changed after 1/1863: Union generals missed the message! #history #ushistory #slavery
#Onthisday (4/26/1863), Sherman declares (even after the Emancipation Proclamation) that he only wants to use Blacks to win the war. Faux historians declare the objective of the war changed after 1/1863: Union generals missed the message! #history #ushistory #slavery
#OTD 1968: #ColumbiaUniversity students seized Mathematics Hall, one of five buildings they "liberated." African-American students seized Hamilton Hall and asked white students to leave so they could keep a separate protest. nytimes.com/2018/03/21/art…… #1960s #USHistory
#OTD 1865: Confederate General #JosephEJohnston surrendered his army to General #WilliamTSherman at Bennett Place in NC., effectively ending the #CivilWar in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/c…… #USHistory
#OTD 1865: Confederate General #JosephEJohnston surrendered his army to General #WilliamTSherman at Bennett Place in NC., effectively ending the #CivilWar in the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. northcarolinahistory.org/encyclopedia/c…… #USHistory https://t.co/UObWUhCPDc
1908: Otha Porter Martin, 11, child coal worker 📍Turkey Knob Mine • MacDonald, West Virginia 📷 Lewis Hine "Grandpa Porter," who had black lung, died in 1985 morningsonmaplestreet.com/2018/01/22/oth… #energy #carbon #Sustainability #labor #coal #USHistory
New Markers Remember Enslaved People Brought to Texas by Sea texasmonthly.com/being-texan/ne… #ushistory #slavery