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Fourth of July. Tableau on Ellipse, 1918.

Fourth of July. Tableau on Ellipse, 1918.

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A sack race at Unicoi State Park in Georgia
Fourth of July 1975

A sack race at Unicoi State Park in Georgia

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  • Photo via motherjones

    laphamsquarterly:

    While working on the bio for Millard Fillmore for the next issue, we noticed something…uncanny.

    HOW HAS NO ONE...

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    Remembering The Super Outbreak Tornadoes Of April 3-4, 1974- 150 Tornadoes In 24 Hours, Killing Over 300 People.

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    tiny-librarian:

    Royal Birthdays for today, May 21st:

    Philip II, King of Spain, 1527

    Eleanor of Austria, Queen of Poland, 1653

    Stephanie...

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  • Photo via historical-nonfiction

    This is a photograph released by the U.S. government in 1960 that shows the Little Boy atom bomb, the type detonated over Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945....

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