https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Sumner The history of Abolitionists in Cape May and in New Jersey. Being so close to the border, New Jersey was a big part of the Slavery Underground. Even during the Civil War, Delaware was a more neutral state of the South. The story of t...
The Underground Railroad Riding on the Underground Railroad Patriots of Color at the Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution. We hold these truths to be self-evidentthat all men are created equal, that theyare endowed by their Creator withcertain unalienable Rights, that among these are...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Donnie Sexton/Travel MontanaDonnie Sexton/Travel Montana The West is a region in the western United States that lies mostly west of the Great Plains. The U.S. government defines it as including the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho...
[sources: Merriam-Webster, Britannica]. Hero apparently was a pretty observant guy. He noticed that the wind, even though it didn't have a visible substance, could push pretty hard on things. That led him to deduce that air was actually composed of tiny, invisible, moving "particles," ...
United States. In honor of the 150th Anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad we produced a new segment on a reenactment we filmed back in 2003. This segment along with may others will be coming out on PBS this June in our new special, "150 Years on the Right Track...
Although labor intensive, they cost only a fraction as much as their mammoth cousins, the tunnel boring machines (TBMs) [sources: Assignment Discovery; Encyclopaedia Britannica; WGBH]. A TBM is a multistory-tall engine of destruction capable of chewing through solid rock. At its front spins a...
6. "City" Britannica Intermediate Encyclopedia 12-9-2002. 7. Sorkin, Michael "Brand Aid" Harvard Design Magazine. Fall 2002/Winter 2003. Number 17. p 1+ 8. "Marketing Cities: Icons, Brands and Slogans". p. 8 9. Ibid 28 Chapter Two. Branding of Commercial Products & Branding of ...
One further note about how the title of this website came to be: I’ve been asked if the “song” aspect related to the famous painting of an Indian placing his ear next to a telegraph pole in the nineteenth century and listening for the “song” or vibration in the wires?
The precise etymology of the term “Grail” remains uncertain according to Britannica.com. Continue reading“Finding The Holy Grail” Posted on May 2, 2023 Who Shall The 144,000 Become. The Steps of the Chosen Few This is a long article. But its not near as redundant as others I have ...
Encyclopaedia Britannica When people think of the pyramids, their brains usually go straight tomummies and treasures.当人们提起金字塔时，他们的大脑通常会直接想到木乃伊和宝藏。pyramid /ˈpɪrəmɪd/ 表示“（古埃及的）金字塔”，英文解释为“a large building with a square or triangular base and...