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American History

Thomas Edison’s Winter Home in Fort Myers, Florida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPMXNw4vr7U If you’re an admirer of inventor Thomas Edison, you may have already visited his birthplace in Milan, Ohio, the significant sites in Port Huron and Greenfield Village, Michigan, and his home and factory in Orange, New Jersey. This video takes you to Seminole Lodge in Fort Myers, Florida where Edison and his wife Mina spent over 25 winters. Continue reading Thomas Edison’s Winter Home in Fort Myers, Florida

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When the Virginians Defeated the Shawnees

Two-hundred-fifty years ago, on October 10th 1774, 2,500 Virginians defeated Chief Cornstalk’s mostly Shawnee warriors at Point Pleasant, WV on the Ohio River. It was the only significant battle in a six-month-long war named after Virginia’s last colonial governor, the Earl of Dunmore, who himself led one of two columns that crossed the Allegheny Mountains into Indian country. The Virginians sought to end  Shawnee, Mingo and … Continue reading When the Virginians Defeated the Shawnees

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America’s Cultural Revolution: A Magical Time

It’s the cliché with the ring of truth—cultural change in America begins in California. And so it was with our cultural revolution. Not the destructive class struggle of Chairman Mao, but a revolution in consciousness—a new way of thinking, activism and questioning. Ironically from today’s perspective, it began with the free speech movement at UC-Berkeley in 1964. Fresh from the Mississippi Summer freedom project, student … Continue reading America’s Cultural Revolution: A Magical Time

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A Michigan Tale: The Story of Solomon Miller

One hundred fifty years ago life on what was then the American frontier was different in ways we can barely imagine. This is the true story of a young man who left his home in northern Ohio to seek a new life in west Michigan. A long time ago, before America’s Civil War, 18-year-old Solomon Miller, was bored living in northern Ohio.  He wanted to join … Continue reading A Michigan Tale: The Story of Solomon Miller

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