In Boston in 1774, tensions were building up that... ...re also located. One of these fires may have been used to heat the stiff and sludgy pine tar (a distilla... ...the crusades; it was also applied to the effigies used during Pope Night; several Boston loyalists befor...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/04/03/The-Worst-Parade-to-Ever-Hit-the-Streets-of-Boston/
The Tuskegee Institute began to keep statistics on repotted lynchings in the United States under the direction of Booker T. Washington (between 1881 and 1915), and continued through 1961.In 1959, Tuskegee defined its par...
http://www.neatorama.com/2013/01/11/Lynching-Map-1900-1931/
Writer Tony Horwitz visited the Quayle Vice Presid... ...d as his running mate. The VP museum, which once used the advertising motto “Second to One,&rdquo...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/06/30/the-vice-presidents-that-history-forgot/
The Momentus Project is a collabor... ...ze the most defining moments in the United States History . This one above by Chris DeLorenzo...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/10/29/the-momentus-project-illustrations-of-defining-moments-in-u-s-history/
There have been 47 people to hold the office of vice-president of the United States so far. How many can you name in ten minutes? That's the challenge in today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss. I guessed I'd probably...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/25/can-you-name-the-vice-presidents/
On April 12th, 1861, 150 years ago today, the... ...861, 150 years ago today, the first battle of the US Civil War was fought at Ft. Sumter, in Charleston... ...been seceding from the union for months, but the US still maintained coastal forts. During the four... ...ated, promising the seceding states that h...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/04/12/the-battle-of-ft-sumter/
What is now Arlington National Cemetery was once the home of Robert E. Lee and his wife, Mary. Mary Lee dreaded the thought of abandoning Arlington, the 1,100-acre estate she had inherited from her father, George Washin...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/31/how-arlington-national-cemetery-came-to-be/
If history had swung in a slightly different direction, we m...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/04/07/american-states-that-might-have-been/(YouTube link) Too Late to Apologize: A Declaration by T.J. and the Revo is a parody of the song Apologize by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic. A perfect video for President's Day. Link -via reddit...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/02/15/too-late-to-apologize-a-declaration/
