http://www.breathinghistory.org Doing History One Breath At a Time Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:52:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Color photos of Adolf Hitler have just been released on life.com. They are simply amazing, and very interesting. http://www.breathinghistory.org/2009/06/04/what-a-find/ Jun 4 1913, Emily Davison, suffragette, runs in front of King [George V's] horse during the Derby race. She is killed and becomes a martyr for the suffrage movement in England (Today in History - Robert Heckendorn) http://www.breathinghistory.org/2009/06/04/today-in-history-suffragette/ 7 May, 1928 - The legal voting age for women in Britain is lowered from 30 to 21 in the Representation of the People Act 1928. (Today in History - Robert Heckendorn) http://www.breathinghistory.org/2009/05/07/today-in-history/ It wasn't until Apr 22 1864, that Congress authorized use of the motto "In God We Trust" for U.S. coins. Proving once again if you're going to make an argument make sure you know the facts. http://www.breathinghistory.org/2009/04/25/it-has-not-always-been-with-us/ Today marks the 35th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution in Portugal making it a democracy. It was a non-violent revolution in which the revolutionaries carried only red carnations and convinced the soldiers to trade their guns for carnations. Only four people were killed. http://www.breathinghistory.org/2009/04/25/democracy-in-portugal/ (Cross-posted from Blither, Blather, Bloviate) While reading excerpts from William Byrd II's The History of the Dividing Line (ca. 1841), I read about a place in southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina called The Great Dismal Swamp. I kid you not. It cracks me up that he didn't name ... http://www.breathinghistory.org/2008/09/22/dismal/ From Project Gutenberg's An account of Sa-Go-Ye-Wat-Ha by John Niles Hubbard (first encounted in The Heath Anthology of American Literature: Volume A, Colonial Period to 1800 edited by Paul Lauter (UIS Fall, 2008 Early American Lit) [NOTE: emphasis mine.] Brother: Continue to listen. You say that you are sent to ... http://www.breathinghistory.org/2008/09/21/on-the-conversion-of-indians/ Cross posted from Blither, Blather, Bloviate Pay no attention to the overly simplified American history lesson, how much do you expect for 9 minutes? But do pay attention to the Pledge as Porky says it at the end. http://www.breathinghistory.org/2008/09/17/the-pledge/ Read it. Notice that there are only three references to "God" Paragraph 1: "Nature's God" Paragraph 2: "Creator" Last Paragraph: "divine Providence" People who insist on claiming that the US was founded as a Christian country would do well to remember that the Puritans left England in order to escape religious persecution ... http://www.breathinghistory.org/2008/08/30/declaration-of-independence/ Four years ago I was sitting in a pizza joint reading a book and waiting for my order to come up.  The big television in the corner was blaring political stuff on CNN.  I had given up on convention coverage decades ago.  Gone was the spectacle and the pomp of ... http://www.breathinghistory.org/2008/08/23/history-in-the-making/