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International Relations
November 19, 1985 - The first meeting in six years between the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States occurs when Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan engage in a five hour summit conference in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Bicentennial 1976
July 4, 1976 - The Bicentennial of the United States is celebrated throughout the nation. The 200th anniversary included Operation Sail in New York City, as well as a Bicentennial Wagon Train that traversed the nation during the year.
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Timeline of the Month
Timeline 1890s
Immigrants streamed into the halls of Ellis Island in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, they crossed the nation, growing the cities of the east coast, taking part in land rushes, and adding to the experiment that was the United States of America.
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Historic Site of the Month
River Raisin National Battlefield
River Raisin National Battlefield where two battles of the War of 1812, in January 1813, with opposite victors, first by the Americans who pushed the British out of Frenchtown on fear of its destruction, and the second, a surprising counterattack by Great Britain and its Native American allies that would lead, one day later, to a massacre of prisoners by Native American allies of the British and the call Remember the Raisin. Impact after war led to removal of native tribes from east of the Mississippi River.
Spotlight on Lesser Known History
Battle of Long Island
The Revolutionary War was in its second year, and there had been few victories for Washington's Continental Army after success around Boston. This New York battle on Long Island, and sometimes known as the Battle of Brooklyn, would not turn his fortunes.
Minute Walk in History
Chicago World's Fair 1893
From the World's Fair that many historians think of as the best, one that spawned many a city hall, the White City movement in architecture, and continued the idea, begun in Philadelphia 1876, that the United States was now an equal to its European counterparts.
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American Revolution
September 22, 1776 - As a member of the Continental Army sent on an intelligence gathering mission behind enemy lines on Long Island, Nathan Hale, disguised as a Dutch teacher, is subsequently caught and executed by the British for spying. In a speech before he was hung, the immortal words, "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," were reportedly uttered, and reverberated through repetition throughout the colonies. A statue of Hale now sits outside the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington, D.C.
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Battlefield Preservation
Even in these difficult times, work continues on preserving the battlefields of the Civil War, American Revolution, and the War of 1812. The amazing work of the Battlefields Trust is currently attempting to preserve land at Gaines Mill and Cold Harbor, what some think is the most important land to be preserved at those locations. Check them out.
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