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In the early hours of Saturday, 28 June 1969, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender persons began rioting in response to a police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay…
The New York City Pride March
Tiananmen Square Crackdown, 1989
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A man waves a flag in May 1989 at China’s Tiananmen Square. Creative Commons image by Robert Croma https://www.flickr.com/photos/croma/422634812 This past weekend marked the 28th Anniversary of the tragic…
Memorial Day
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Master Sgt. Robert Lilly pays his respects to a fallen service member May 28, 2013, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev. U.S. Air…
The 20th Century in New Jersey
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Let us revisit the 20th Century, perhaps the most momentous century in human history. I would like to do a piece on as many of the important, interesting events in…
Mother’s Day
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The holiday of Mother’s Day began as an antiwar statement and a vehicle for women’s activism , but numerous people and organizations have tried to seize Mother’s Day…
J. Sterling Morton: Founder of Arbor Day
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J. Sterling Morton Julius Sterling Morton (April 22, 1832 – April 27, 1902) founded Arbor Day in 1872. He served as President Grover Cleveland’s Secretary of Agriculture. He…
The Biden Rule: Comments from a Speech Two Decades Ago Are Suddenly a Rule
Judge Merrick Garland got emotional during his Supreme Court nomination ceremony in the Rose Garden. And since Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) invoked an excerpt from a 24-year-old speech and called it a […]
Urban Renewal: A Rush to Clear
After World War II, the United States entered into a frenzied period of demolition and clearance in the name of “Urban Renewal.” The policy was to clear a district of all slums […]
The Building of the BQE
The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway is not your typical expressway. It bends its way through Brooklyn and Queens like a snake, burrowing and then rising and sometimes even hiding in the landscape. Driving along the BQE, rows of 19th Century …
Healthy Planning
It is widely believed that the further along we travel through time, the more we learn and the better we become. However, it is really striking to look back 100 or more […]
The Sidewalk 