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Two nights tent camping at Huntington State Park, near Myrtle Beach, SC. Tent site #2
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The sights and sounds at Dreher Island State Park on Lake Murray. The park is located about 30 minutes from Columbia, SC.
SC State House Tours
Free tours of the SC State House are given on a regular basis, Monday through Friday and the first Saturday of each month. Guided tours begin with an introductory video followed by a walking tour of the lower and upper floors of the building. Visitors are also encouraged to stop by the State House Gift Shop and browse and purchase SC-branded items. Large groups are encouraged to call ahead to make reservations at 803-734-2430.
Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formerly placed in the steeple of the Pennsylvania State House (now renamed Independence Hall), the bell was commissioned from the London firm of Lester and Pack (today the Whitechapel Bell Foundry) in 1752, and was cast with the lettering (part of Leviticus 25:10) Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. It originally cracked when first rung after arrival in Philadelphia, and was twice recast by local workmen John Pass and John Stow, whose last names appear on the bell. In its early years, the Liberty Bell was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens to public meetings and proclamations.
No immediate announcement was made of the Second Continental Congress's vote for independence, and thus the bell could not have rung on July 4, 1776, at least not for any reason related to that vote. Bells were rung to mark the reading of the Declaration of Independence on July 8, 1776, and while there is no contemporary account of the Liberty Bell ringing, most historians believe it was one of the bells rung. After American independence was secured, it fell into relative obscurity for some years. In the 1830s, the bell was adopted as a symbol by abolitionist societies, who dubbed it the Liberty Bell. It acquired its distinctive large crack sometime in the early 19th century—a widespread story claims it cracked while ringing after the death of Chief Justice John Marshall in 1835.
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Boise, Idaho
Boise (/ˈbɔɪsi/) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, as well as the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, the population of Boise at the 2010 Census was 205,671, the 99th largest in the nation. Its estimated population in 2013 was 214,237.
The Boise City-Nampa metropolitan area includes five counties with a combined population of 616,500, the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho. It contains the state's three largest cities; Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. Boise is the third most populous metropolitan area in the United States' Pacific Northwest region, behind Seattle and Portland.
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2018 Winter Lecture Series - The Fateful Compromise of 1850
Before the Civil War there was the Compromise of 1850. The arguments between the North and South over slavery in the new territories began to boil over during an era when the United States was becoming a player on the world stage with territory acquired during the recent war with Mexico. Would slavery expand into these new territories or would it be confined to the southern states only?
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Historic Elmira, Inc. and Near Westside Neighborhood Association Announce Grant Award
Secures NYS funding for former Ritz Carriage House stabilization
Historic Elmira, Inc. and Near Westside Neighborhood Association (NWNA) of Elmira are pleased to acknowledge that they were successful in obtaining a $333,910 grant from the Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation that will facilitate the stabilization of the Richardson-Kennedy House at 359 West Church Street, Elmira. This is a vital step in preparing the property to make it marketable to a developer.
Although NWNA is the property owner and direct grant recipient, the grant request and making the case for the project was a shared task involving both organizations. Historic Elmira also committed to provide the required 25% match for the grant through fundraising.
“A great big thank you goes out from us to all of those who sent letters of support for this project; Preservation League of New York State, City of Elmira Community Development, City of Elmira Historic Preservation Commission, Southern Tier Economic Growth, Chemung County Department of Aging, residents and businesses in the Near Westside Historic District,” states Kaye Newbury, President of Historic Elmira. “It's a truly collaborative project that benefits Elmira's economy, increases neighborhood safety, and is totally in keeping with the historic architectural character of the Near Westside. We've been steadfast in our efforts and I'm delighted that we've succeeded in bringing this grant money to our community.”
“I think the collaborative nature of this grant and its benefit to the Near Westside neighborhood and larger community clearly shows the benefits of persistence and partnering with the right team,” states Beth Farr, Executive Director of NWNA. “We are looking forward to receiving follow up from the state regarding a timeline.”
The badly damaged Richardson-Kennedy House has history dating back to the late 1800’s and was owned over the years by many well-known people in Elmira. In 2010 the Elmira City Council voted to hand over the building at 359 West Church Street to the NWNA. Historic Elmira shares responsibility for its care and redevelopment.
At a ceremony last Thursday in Albany, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers announced more than $709 million in state funding to the 10 regions for round four. For the third consecutive year, the Southern Tier was named a top performer in the 10-region battle for state grants, tax credits and bonds.
The Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council’s award of nearly $81 million includes $38 million for 91 projects, $35 million in economic development financing and almost $8 million in Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits. Each region has a panel of college presidents, lawmakers, and business and labor leaders that come up with a development plan and highlight priority projects, battling for funding with the other councils.
Presidents of the United States on U.S. postage stamps | Wikipedia audio article
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Presidents of the United States have frequently appeared on U.S. postage stamps since the mid–1800s. The United States Post Office released its first two postage stamps in 1847, featuring George Washington on one, and Benjamin Franklin on the other . The advent of presidents on postage stamps has been definitive to U.S. postage stamp design since the first issues were released and set the precedent that U.S. stamp designs would follow for many generations.
The paper postage stamp itself was born of utility (in England, 1840), as something simple and easy to use was needed to confirm that postage had been paid for an item of mail. People could purchase several stamps at one time and no longer had to make a special trip to pay for postage each time an item was mailed. The postage stamp design was usually printed from a fine engraving and were almost impossible to forge adequately. This is where the appearance of presidents on stamps was introduced. Moreover, the subject theme of a president, along with the honors associated with it, is what began to define the stamp issues in ways that took it beyond the physical postage stamp itself and is why people began to collect them. There exist entire series of stamp issues whose printing was inspired by the subject alone.
The portrayals of Washington and Franklin on U.S. postage are among the most definitive of examples and have appeared on numerous postage stamps. The presidential theme in stamp designs would continue as the decades passed, each period issuing stamps with variations of the same basic presidential-portrait design theme. The portrayals of U.S. presidents on U.S. postage has remained a significant subject and design theme on definitive postage throughout most of U.S. stamp issuance history.Engraved portrayals of U.S. presidents were the only designs found on U.S. postage from 1847 until 1869, with the one exception of Benjamin Franklin, whose historical stature was comparable to that of a president, although his appearance was also an acknowledgement of his role as the first U. S. Postmaster General. During this period, the U.S. Post Office issued various postage stamps bearing the depictions of George Washington foremost, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, and Abraham Lincoln, the last of whom first appeared in 1866, one year after his death. After twenty-two years of issuing stamps with only presidents and Franklin, the Post Office in 1869 issued a series of eleven postage stamps that were generally regarded by the American public as being abruptly different from the previous issues and whose designs were considered at the time to be a break from the tradition of honoring American forefathers on the nation's postage stamps. These new issues had other nonpresidential subjects and a design style that was also different, one issue bearing a horse, another a locomotive, while others were depicted with nonpresidential themes. Washington and Lincoln were to be found only once in this series of eleven stamps, which some considered to be below par in design and image quality. As a result, this pictographic series was met with general disdain and proved so unpopular that the issues were consequently sold for only one year where remaining stocks were pulled from post offices across the United States.In 1870 the Post Office resumed its tradition of printing postage stamps with the portraits of American Presidents and Franklin but now added several other famous Americans, including Henry Clay, Daniel Webster, Alexander Hamilton and General Winfield Scott among other notable Americans. Indeed, the balance had now shifted somewhat; of the ten stamps issued in 1870, only four offered presidential images. Moreover, presidents also appeared on less than half of the denominations in the definitive sets of 1890, 1917, 1954 and 1965, while occupying only a slight major ...
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Boise, Idaho | Wikipedia audio article
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Boise, Idaho
00:00:51 1 History
00:01:00 1.1 Etymology
00:03:46 1.1.1 Pronunciation
00:04:09 2 Geography
00:05:38 2.1 Parts of the city
00:06:31 2.1.1 Downtown Boise
00:07:47 2.1.2 Boise State University
00:08:37 2.1.3 The North End
00:09:19 2.1.4 Boise Highlands
00:09:45 2.1.5 Southwest Boise
00:10:22 2.1.6 Northwest Boise
00:11:05 2.1.7 Warm Springs and East End
00:11:40 2.1.8 East Boise and Harris Ranch
00:12:12 2.1.9 Southeast Boise
00:13:36 2.1.10 Boise Bench
00:14:28 2.1.11 West Boise
00:15:02 2.2 Cityscape
00:15:10 2.3 Climate
00:17:18 3 Demographics
00:17:27 3.1 2010 census
00:19:33 4 Economy
00:21:24 4.1 Top employers
00:21:38 5 Culture
00:28:04 5.1 Major attractions
00:31:51 6 Professional sports
00:32:01 7 Crime
00:32:36 8 Education
00:34:05 9 Media
00:34:54 10 Transportation
00:36:51 11 Notable people
00:40:47 12 Photo gallery
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Boise ( (listen)) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho, and is the county seat of Ada County. Located on the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, the population of Boise at the 2010 Census was 205,671, the 99th largest in the United States. Its estimated population in 2016 was 223,154.
The Boise-Nampa metropolitan area, also known as the Treasure Valley, includes five counties with a combined population of 709,845, the most populous metropolitan area in Idaho. It contains the state's three largest cities; Boise, Nampa, and Meridian. Boise is the 80th most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States.
The Confederate Secession Cup of Charleston South Carolina Andrew Gordon Magrath Abraham Lincoln
The Secession Cup of South Carolina is the rarest piece of Confederate Silver in the Country relative to the start of the Civil War. The silver chalice was presented to Andrew Gordon Magrath November 7, 1860 for immediately calling newly elected President Abraham Lincoln a tyrant and tearing off his judicial robes and resigning from the federal government. Andrew Gordon Magrath would call for immediate secession and would later sign the Ordinance of Secession. He would go on to become the last Confederate Governor of South Carolina and become an instant Folk Hero! May his name forever live on as the Father of Secession and the cup be a testament to what he did for the South and his countrymen! The cup will be featured on Antiques Roadshow Anaheim, California Edition in 2014. This is the literal Confederate Trophy of the Civil War and is considered one of South Carolina's most priceless artifacts. This video is used for educational purposes only. (Paul Matthew Hagans Collection)
List of American Civil War battles | Wikipedia audio article
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List of American Civil War battles
00:01:43 1 Battles rated by CWSAC
00:02:42 2 Other USA/CSA battles
00:02:59 3 Other battles in the American Indian Wars
00:03:35 4 Troop engagements
00:04:13 5 See also
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The Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861 and May 12–13, 1865 in 23 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia), the District of Columbia, as well as the following territories: Arizona Territory, Colorado Territory, Dakota Territory, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), New Mexico Territory, and Washington Territory, and naval engagements. These battles would change the standing and historical memory of the United States. While the origins of the war are complex, principal among them were the issue of slavery, and the interpretations of the Constitution and the rules, rights, and qualifications that it embodied.
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Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
Western Theater of the American Civil War
Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War
Category:Battles of the American Civil WarSome battles have more than one name; e.g., the battles known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively, by the South. This was because the North tended to name battles after landmarks (often rivers or bodies of water), whereas the South named battles after nearby towns.
Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower’s Final Mission
In his debut book, political journalist Bret Baier looks at the three days between Dwight Eisenhower’s prophetic “farewell address” on the evening of January 17, 1961, and his successor John F. Kennedy’s inauguration on the afternoon of January 20. A book signing follows the program.
Big steam locomotive rebuilt to celebrate railroad
A nearly 80-year-old steam locomotive has been restored and is back on the tracks in the American West to help celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad. (May 7)
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Woodrow Wilson
00:03:58 1 Early life
00:06:17 2 Education
00:09:04 3 Marriage and family
00:10:11 4 Personal interests
00:10:57 5 Academic career
00:13:08 6 Political science author
00:13:18 6.1 U.S. and British system contrast
00:17:53 6.2 Public administration
00:20:15 7 President of Princeton University
00:25:55 8 Governor of New Jersey
00:30:05 9 Presidential election of 1912
00:30:16 9.1 Democratic nomination
00:34:20 9.2 General election
00:37:43 10 Presidency (1913–1921)
00:37:54 10.1 First term (1913–1917)
00:43:22 10.1.1 Tariff legislation and income tax
00:44:19 10.1.2 Federal Reserve System
00:46:46 10.1.3 Antitrust and other measures
00:48:51 10.1.4 Mexican Revolution
00:49:55 10.1.4.1 Pancho Villa
00:51:32 10.1.5 Miners strike, wife's death and remarriage
00:54:29 10.1.6 Events leading to U.S. entry into World War I (1914–16)
01:00:59 10.2 Presidential election of 1916
01:05:46 10.3 Second term (1917–1921)
01:05:58 10.3.1 Entry into World War I
01:11:08 10.3.2 Home front
01:14:15 10.3.3 The Fourteen Points
01:15:22 10.3.4 Peace Conference 1919
01:19:10 10.3.5 Treaty fight, 1919
01:21:49 10.3.6 Post war: 1919–1920
01:23:22 10.3.7 Other foreign affairs
01:26:34 10.3.8 Incapacity
01:28:28 10.3.9 Prohibition
01:30:12 10.3.10 Women's suffrage
01:32:02 10.3.11 Post war economic depression
01:32:27 10.4 Administration and Cabinet
01:33:05 10.5 Judicial appointments
01:33:14 10.5.1 Supreme Court
01:33:58 10.5.2 Other courts
01:34:16 11 Final years and death
01:36:59 12 Race relations
01:43:12 13 Memorials
01:45:22 14 Works
01:46:21 15 Media
01:46:29 16 See also
01:47:02 17 Notes
01:47:11 18 Bibliography
01:47:20 18.1 Biographical
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and as Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913, before winning the 1912 presidential election. As president, he oversaw the passage of progressive legislative policies unparalleled until the New Deal in 1933. He also led the United States during World War I, establishing an activist foreign policy known as Wilsonianism. He was one of the three key leaders at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where he championed a new League of Nations, but he was unable to win Senate approval for U.S. participation in the League.
Born in Staunton, Virginia, to a slaveholding family, Wilson spent his early years in Augusta, Georgia, and Columbia, South Carolina. His father was a leading Southern Presbyterian and helped to found the Presbyterian Church in the Confederate States of America. After earning a Ph.D. in political science from Johns Hopkins University, Wilson taught at various schools before taking a position at Princeton. In 1910, Democratic leaders recruited him to run for Governor of New Jersey. Serving from 1911 to 1913, Wilson broke with party bosses and won the passage of several progressive reforms. Wilson's success in New Jersey gave him a national reputation as a progressive reformer, and his Southern roots helped him win favor in that region. After several ballots, the 1912 Democratic National Convention selected Wilson as the party's presidential nominee. Theodore Roosevelt's third-party candidacy split the Republican Party, which re-nominated incumbent President William Howard Taft. Wilson won the 1912 election with a plurality of the popular vote and a large majority in the Electoral College.
Upon taking office, Wilson called a special session of Congress, whose work culminated in the Revenue Act of 1913, introducing a federal income tax which provided revenue lost when tariffs were sharply lowered. He also presided over the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, which created a central banking system in the form of the Federal Reserve System. Other ma ...
Liberty Bell
The Liberty Bell is an iconic symbol of American independence, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Formerly placed in the steeple of the Pennsylvania State House , the bell was commissioned from the London firm of Lester and Pack in 1752, and was cast with the lettering Proclaim LIBERTY throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof. It originally cracked when first rung after arrival in Philadelphia, and was twice recast by local workmen John Pass and John Stow, whose last names appear on the bell. In its early years, the Liberty Bell was used to summon lawmakers to legislative sessions and to alert citizens to public meetings and proclamations.
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Durham City Council May 6, 2019
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Call to Order 2:15
Moment of Silent Meditation 2:33
Pledge of Allegiance 2:56
Roll Call 4:18
National Drinking Water Week 4:48
Children’s Mental Health Awareness Month 13:06
History Moment: Mr. Earl Pollock 17:21
Announcements by Council 26:21
Priority Items by the City Manager, City Attorney and City Clerk 33:13
Consent Agenda 33:35
1. Housing Appeals Board - Appointments 37:25 and 49:47
23. 2018-2019 Durham Youth Commission Annual Report 38:04
25. 2019 First Quarter Crime Report 50:17
26. Patterson Place Compact Suburban Design (CSD) District Text Amendment and Zoning Map Change (TC1800009 and Z1800030) 2:08:35 (continued until Aug 5, 2019 Council meeting)
27. Oregon Street Closing 3:41:10 (continued until June 3, 2019 Council meeting)
28. Unified Development Ordinance Text Amendment, Tree Coverage and Landscaping Revisions 4:08:40 (referred back to administration)
29. Consolidated Annexation Item – November Drive Annexation 4:18:43
6. Resolution in Recognition of the Life of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz A.K.A. Malcolm X. 4:22:07
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List of world's fairs | Wikipedia audio article
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00:00:22 1 1790s
00:01:18 2 1800s
00:02:08 3 1810s
00:02:23 4 1820s
00:03:13 5 1830s
00:03:51 6 1840s
00:04:44 7 1850s
00:06:26 8 1860s
00:08:32 9 1870s
00:12:09 10 1880s
00:18:29 11 1890s
00:23:54 12 1900s
00:28:51 13 1910s
00:34:04 14 1920s
00:37:22 15 1930s
00:41:27 16 1940s
00:42:54 17 1950s
00:44:46 18 1960s
00:45:53 19 1970s
00:46:30 20 1980s
00:47:30 21 1990s
00:48:47 22 2000s
00:49:46 23 2010s
00:50:18 24 2020s
00:50:44 25 Future bids and candidate cities
00:50:57 26 See also
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This is a list of international and colonial world's fairs, as well as a list of national exhibitions, a comprehensive chronological list of world's fairs (with notable permanent buildings built). For an annotated list of all world's fairs sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), see List of world expositions.