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• Hypotheical Question: What if the South won the Civll War
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• What If Jefferson Davis Had Won?
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• The President That Ended Reconstruction
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• The General Who Was Able to Save the Union
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• The Compromise That Wouldn't Have Been
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• The Kansas-Nebraska Act And America's Sprint to a Civil War
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• the mouse that roared
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• Today is D Day
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• The Dutch and Their American Cemetary
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• A D-Day tribute
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• A Social Compact For 21st Century America

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  Of all the pieces of legislation that came about to help dig America out of the Great Depression, none had a greater impact than the Social Security Act. This single piece of legislation and subsequent amendments expanding the eligible number of recipients dramatically rewrote the social compact between the federal government and the citizens it governs.
• Can We Make This The Last Columbus Day?

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  America has her share of legitimate federal holidays. We rightfully celebrate our first President's birthday, a civil rights icon, our independence, soldiers who fought and died for our country, and even sprinkle in a couple blatantly religious holidays to boot. However, there is one holiday we as a nation should seriously reconsider if we are going to be honest about our true history.

• Trump questions why U.S. Civil War had to happen
  	Mon May 01, 2017 | reuters.com Donald Trump has shown a fascination with populist 19th-century U.S. president Andrew Jackson since he has occupied the...

• How the South Won the Civil War
  	Thu Oct 29, 2015 | newyorker.com When the Confederate States of America seceded, the response of the United States of America was firm: dissolving the U...

• The Civil War’s Dirty Secret: It Was Always About Slavery
  	Fri Apr 10, 2015 | thedailybeast.com Seven score and ten years ago, Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia surrendered to Union...

• The South’s victim complex: How right-wing paranoia is driving new wave of...
  	Tue Sep 30, 2014 | salon.com Southern voters will go to the polls in November 150 years, almost to the day, after Gen. Sherman commenced his March t...

• Gettysburg Address and music of the Civil War
  	Tue Nov 19, 2013 | latimes.com The legacy of the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Abraham Lincoln issued on Jan. 1, 1863, and the Gettysburg...

• Embracing Equality on the 150th Anniversary of Gettysburg Address
  	Tue Nov 19, 2013 | huffingtonpost.com This week marks the 150th Anniversary since Abraham Lincoln uttered those immortal words on November 19, 1863 at the de...

• The Other Jefferson Davis
  	Mon Oct 01, 2012 | neh.gov Jefferson Davis, love him or hate him, was an unusual man. During a long and frequently cataclysmic life, his favorite...

• 150 years after Civil War, descendants deal with legacy
  	Mon May 09, 2011 | usatoday30.usatoday.com An estimated two of every three Americans have an ancestor who lived through the Civil War. It helps explain why so man...

• Remembering the Gettysburg Address
  	Thu Nov 21, 2013 | opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com John Hay woke with a severe hangover on the morning of Nov. 19, 1863. As one of Abraham Lincoln’s closest White House a...

• 150th anniversary of Gettysburg Address draws thousands
  	Tue Nov 19, 2013 | usatoday.com The site of one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War was host to a solemn tribute to history Tuesday as thousands...

• The Ohio State University Marching Band: Gettysburg Address (Nov. 23, 2013)
  	Sat Nov 23, 2013 TBDBITL tops off a great season with a home game finale: a marching rendition of the Gettysburg Address.

• Learn the Address: The Address MashUp | PBS
  	Tue Nov 19, 2013 See a list of presidents and celebrities recite the Gettysburg Address.

• Watch 'Lincoln' deliver the Gettysburg Address.
  	Tue Nov 19, 2013 An Abraham Lincoln impersonator delivers the Gettysburg Address at the 150th anniversary celebration of the speech.

• 'This Week' Web Extra: Ken Burns
  	Sun Nov 17, 2013 The documentary filmmaker on his latest PBS project and advice for filmmakers.

• LINCOLN@GETTYSBURG: The Speech
  	Fri Nov 15, 2013 What was the reaction of those who witnessed Lincoln's Gettysburg Address first hand? Revisit that famous day in this clip from LINCOLN@GETTYSBURG.

• 1941 Gettysburg Address Educational Film
  	Fri Nov 08, 2013 From the Prelinger Archives. Watch more Gettysburg Address programs on American History TV: http://www.c-span.org/History/

• Jefferson Davis - Mini Biogrpahy
  	Mon Sep 16, 2013 Watch a short biography video of Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

• The Civil War in Four Minutes: The Battle of Gettysburg
  	Wed Jun 26, 2013 Historian Garry Adelman describes the events that took place during the Battle of Gettysburg from July 1-July 3, 1863.

• Battle of Gettysburg: tactical, operational & strategic levels of war
  	Tue Jun 18, 2013 The Battle of Gettysburg offers timeless lessons to Soldiers, military leaders, corporate CEOs and others. Listen to Professor Len Fullenkamp, Army War College historian, as he discuss...

• "Lincoln" Film Director Steven Spielberg: Gettysburg Address Anniversary P...
  	Tue Nov 20, 2012 Full program airs Thursday, November 22, 2012 at 8am & 8pm ET on C-SPAN3's American History TV.

• Abraham Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address
  	Wed Nov 14, 2012 Watch a video biography of Abraham Lincoln and learn about his Gettysburg Address, where he delivered his famous speech and said "all men are created equal."

• The Civil War: The Gettysburg Address
  	Thu Aug 02, 2012 Lincoln felt he had failed the people with his short address, and yet, those 269 words were spoken and all speeches that came thereafter were measured against it.