This plan for utilizing the water power of the Ohio River at Louisville, Ky was made in 1875! It includes text on steam and water power cost, waterways discharging information, and several illustrations. Zoom in here: https://t.co/HhAtPgyYiS https://t.co/eEigFRo8jE This plan …
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On a broiling summer afternoon in 1978, the Women's Movement held what was then known as the largest parade for feminism in history on the National Mall. #DCHistory https://t.co/kEhQ3wlR1f On a broiling summer afternoon in 1978, the Women's Movement held what was then known …
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While Lancaster County, PA is well known for its Amish community, St. Mary's and Charles counties in Maryland have their own communities, dating back to 1939. "We are too full, too crowded for the land in Lancaster County," said one Reverend. #MDHistory https://t.co/thAhMBW2rR …
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On April 13, 1832 Sam Houston, a former Congressmen and Governor of Tennessee, beat a member of Congress with a wooden cane on Pennsylvania Avenue. #DCHistory https://t.co/Jkm4dZVsCY On April 13, 1832 Sam Houston, a former Congressmen and Governor of Tennessee, beat a member…
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Today in History - April 13 https://t.co/8vb6POcTPX Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia. Continue reading. Although it did not become official until July 4, on April 13, 1818, a new flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol for …
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Elizabeth Keckley rose from slave to the Lincoln White House thanks to her supreme skill as a dressmaker. Her autobiography provides one of the most powerful accounts of the First Family's personal lives. #VAHistory #DCHistory https://t.co/SQsRh31nAg Elizabeth Keckley rose f…
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In the early days of the Civil War, thousands of slaves fled their masters in the south and passed through Union lines. Not knowing how to handle the freed persons, the Union placed them in "contraband" camps around the DC area. #VAHistory #DCHistory https://t.co/1Kk4jj4KDY …
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