History This Week

Posted on July 29, 2024 9:06 AM

July 29, 1852: William Seward says "Go West!"

Signing of the Alaska Treaty by Emmanuel Leutze depicts Willam Seward in his office with Eduard de Stoeckl of Russia negotiating the purchase of the Alaskan Territory on on March 30, 1867 (Seward House Museum)
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Posted on July 21, 2024 9:56 AM

July 20, 1969: Long Island Lands on the Moon

Grumman workers pose with one of their lunar modules (LM-12) at the company's plant in Bethpage, New York, May 1971. Altogether, over 400 men and women worked on the LEM project.  (Smithsonian Magazine)
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Posted on July 09, 2024 6:58 PM

July 11, 1804: Traitor Aaron Burr Assassinates Alexander Hamilton

The murder weapon used by Aaron Burr to kill Alexander Hamilton is proudly on display at the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase in Manhattan.
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Posted on July 01, 2024 10:40 AM

July 2, 1863: Paddy O'Rorke and the 140th New York Turn the Tables at Little Round Top

Monument to 140th New York and its colonel Patrick O'Rorke at the Gettysburg Battlefield
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Posted on June 17, 2024 7:51 AM

Juneteenth: Frederick Douglass Insists the US Constitution is Not a Pro-Slavery Document

1895 statue of Frederick Douglass in its original location in Rochester, NY (NYPL)
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Posted on June 09, 2024 4:12 PM

June 16, 1933: FDR's First Hundred Days

President Roosevelt signing the TVA Act (1933)
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