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Where it All Started

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April 29th 2017
Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston, South Carolina Ended up Trump didn't shut down the government quite yet - we apparently get another week or so. But there was a surreal quality to viewing Sumter, with all its civil war importance, at the same time that we are dealing with Trump and the expression of right wing politics. After going to graduate school forty years ago in North Carolina, ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more