When they consider Thomas Jefferson, many Americans first think of him as the author of the Declaration of Independence or as our nation’s third president, who was responsible for the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition. However, Jefferson’s ...
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The Crop-Killing, Snow-In-June American Disaster You’ve Never Heard Of
The Germans called it “The Year of the Beggar.” The New Englanders called it “Eighteen Hundred and Froze to Death.” From his home in Monticello, Thomas Jefferson wrote, “Never were such hard times.” Writer Mary Shelley described a June outing ...
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It was May 20, 1803, when Meriwether Lewis and William Clark met up to embark on one of the gutsiest and daring land expeditions of all time. As part of the Corps of Discovery Expedition, the two men would carry ...
Read More »Dictator Ho Chi Minh Inspired By Thomas Jefferson?
President Barack Obama essentially slapped Vietnam veterans (and their surviving loved ones) in the face when he said that Ho Chi Minh was inspired by Thomas Jefferson’s words and the American Declaration of Independence. The United States president actually uttered ...
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