American Artifacts Preview: Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office
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Between 1861 and 1868, Clara Barton, known as the Angel of the Battlefield and founder of the American Red Cross, lived in a Washington, DC boarding house. She employed twelve clerks on the third floor in her "Missing Soldiers Office," where they received over 60,000 letters from families searching for lost sons and husbands. In 1996, Richard... Read more
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- -: American Artifacts Preview: Clara Barton's Missing Soldiers Office
March 29, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Between 1861 and 1868, Clara Barton, known as the Angel of the Battlefield and founder of the American Red Cross, lived in a Washington, DC boarding house. She employed twelve clerks on the third floor in her "Missing Soldiers Office," where they received over 60,000 letters from families search...
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- -: The Atlantic Civil War Commemorative Issue
March 5, 2012 (about 12 years ago)The Atlantic has published a special commemorative issue on the Civil War. The edition contains some 50 pieces of reporting, essays, poetry & fiction from the magazine's archives, but also includes contemporary works, including one by President Obama. The issue covers the run up to the Civil War,...
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- -: TEDxBinghamtonUniversity - Patrick Regan - The Root of Rebellion
April 13, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Professor Regan is a political science professor who specializing in international conflict. Teaching a variety of courses each semester, Professor Regan introduces students to forms of issues in world politics and means to manage those conflicts. Regan publishes frequently and has been a profess...
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- -: Steven Pinker: A brief history of violence
September 11, 2007 (over 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com Steven Pinker charts the decline of violence from Biblical times to the present, and argues that, though it may seem illogical and even obscene, given Iraq and Darfur, we are living in the most peaceful time in our species' existence. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the b...
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- -: President Obama Attends Ministerial Meeting on Sudan
September 25, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Continuing his long-standing personal commitment to supporting peace in Sudan and ending the genocide in Darfur, President Obama attends a meeting of heads of state and Sudanese leaders to address the urgent situation in Sudan.
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Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863 (over 160 years ago)In Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, He gives us one of the most famous speeches in American history. In just three short paragraphs, the President reintroduces the Civil war as a universal struggle for equality and freedom. As such, this speech has served as immense inspiration to the United...
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Martin Luther King Jr.: The Other America
March 14, 1968 (about 56 years ago)Martin Luther King exposes the two faces of America: the powerful, abundant and proud country versus the poor, insufficient and unfair America. He gives insight on how to let go of myths that hinder the progress of the black nation who live in the "other America" and how to move forward towards t...
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