#1865

Portland Fire&Rescue

PDXFire

On June 19th, 1865, (about 2.5 years after Black slaves were freed via the Emancipation Proclamation), word finally reached Texas & the last slaves were liberated. This occasion is marked

Curtis Harris

curtismharris

Your annual reminder that Memorial Day (né Decoration Day) is the best time of the year to commemorate the men and women who put the beat down on the Confederacy

bree⁷ :-)

yoongisdykebff

BTS certified bangers as historical fashion for no reason at all, a thread Spring day as turn of the century/ Belle Époque (c. 1905) Run as this c.1896 walking dress

Amelia Frappolli

AmeliaFrappolli

We all know John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln, but who shot Booth?Grab a chair and a strong drink, because it's time for a thread about the wild life of BOSTON

Bellagiiooo : IG

bellagiiooo

I really want to know how white people are able to say “Don’t let a few bad apples ruin the bunch about cops”. “Separate the good from the bad!“ Yet

💥K8 has Tight Ass Dimples💥

K84UnitedLeft

Hey guys, people in Wisconsin still need our help.We need help collecting contact information for judges, legislature, the governor, and health officials in the state.Then we can start a call-in

Sangita Myska

BBCSangita

NEW THREAD: Just watched the ITV doc about #MarySeacole. It appears there are actual Seacole deniers who seem to think she didn’t deserve a statue. I’m gobsmacked. Let me

Brooks D. Simpson

BrooksDSimpson

As people gear up to watch #GRANT @History, we might want to ponder the way documentaries tell their stories and whether we might rethink that. I remain curious as to

Matthew Hall

RYHT_FortWorth

President Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation declaring Black men, women, and children held in bondage in rebellious states to be free was only as immediately potent as Union military victories made

White House History

WhiteHouseHstry

Seventeen-year-old Lavinia “Vinnie” Ream arrived at the White House in 1864 to make a portrait bust of President Abraham Lincoln. (1/9)Image Credit: Library of Congress President Lincoln agreed to let

nadia

nadiajaferey

literally obsessed with teens posting history tiktoks so here’s a thread: german occupation of belgium, 1914 the establishment of the league of nations, 1919 attack on pearl harbor, 1941 the

lavanya murali

anthrocharya

"Western colonialism was...both objectively beneficial and subjectively legitimate"Let's talk about thishttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01436597.2017.1369037?journalCode=ctwq20 Starting with famine. British policies

Dr. Jessica Wranosky, Ph.D.

JessicaWranosky

#Juneteenth is not only a Texas holiday or date. Instead, Juneteenth celebrated inside & outside Texas was & is the epitome of the idea—‘None of us are free until

Adam Schiff

RepAdamSchiff

Today is Juneteenth. It should be a national holiday.Just as Americans learn the history of July 4, understanding and celebrating Juneteenth is a critical part of American history.So I wanted

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

After Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, Grant was riding back to camp in late afternoon when his aides were like, “Hey, Ulysses, don’t you think we should tell the brass in

Andrew Gray

generalising

Tidying up some data today: here are eleven particularly shady (or particularly unlucky) MPs who managed to have their elections overturned on petition *twice*. https://w.wiki/kep A particular salute to George