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Biography/Story

William Harvey Carney: “the old flag never touched the ground!”

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“Boys, I only did my duty; the old flag never touched the ground!” William Harvey Carney was born into slavery in 1840. It’s not certain how he became a free ma...

Biography/Story

Robert Smalls, the story of his escape from slavery

Posted on September 2, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“One night when the officers are on shore, we’re going to take the boat, put you and the children aborard and sail it out to the bar. With my wearing Captain Re...

Biography/Story

The upbringing of Golda Meir

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Golda Meir was born as Golda Mabovitch on May 3, 1898 in the Jewish district of Kiev, in what today is Ukraine, the second child of Moshe and Blume. Moshe was a...

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Josh Gibson, Negro League superstar

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Josh Gibson was big and he was strong, “built like sheet metal. If you ran into him it was like you ran into a wall.” He was considered the best baseball hitter...

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Babe Didrikson Zaharias quote about her childhood

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“You never saw anybody more excited than I was that night at the railroad station in Beaumont, Texas, back in February 1930. Here I was, just a little old...

Biography/Quote

The short story of Alice Roosevelt

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“I would have run for office. If I were very young I would try to get over the shyness of speaking in public. I still have it. I shuddered with terror when peop...

Biography/Story

The short story of the tallest man, Robert Wadlow

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

He had a deep voice and a soft playful smile, and he knew all the history of his hometown of Alton, Illinois, and he liked to take photographs of the Ringling B...

Biography/Quote

Aretha Franklin: “I sing to the people about what matters”

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“I sing to the people about what matters. I sing to the realists, people who accept it like it is. I express problems. There are tears when it’s sad...

Biography

Harriet Tubman biographical snapshot

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

“She always came in the winter, when the nights are long and dark, and people who have homes stay in them. Once she had made contact with escaping slaves,...

Biography/Story

Grandmother saves Frank Sinatra at birth

Posted on August 14, 2018 by Historical Snapshots

Frank Sinatra was 13.5 pounds at birth. The doctor had to use forceps to make it is easier to remove baby Frank. The forceps ripped the child’s cheek, nec...

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