The Discerning History store will be down for maintenance on December 25th. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Update: The store
Boxing Day is widely celebrated in countries that are part of the British Commonwealth. It’s origins are obscure, but they
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By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards its close, has
WHEREAS, it hath pleased Almighty God, the Sovereign Disposer of events, to protect and defend us hitherto in our conflicts
Washington’s Proclamation By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation. Whereas it is the duty of all
Explore with us the history of the thanksgiving, on it’s 150th year of annual celebration, rrom the feasts of ancient
U.S. Senate Today historic changes were made in the rules of filibuster in the United States Senate. Previously a silent
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, which he gave at the commemoration of the Gettysburg Cemetery on November 19, 1863 was only
Join us at the Pry Field Hospital Museum to see a reconstruction of a Civil War ambulance.
The election of 1800 was one of the very tumultuous ones in American history. Due to a mistake in the