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Photo: civilian burial party, loading Lakota victims of the Wounded Knee Massacre onto a cart for burial. Credit: Charles C. Pierce; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day, a Lakota Tragedy: Wounded Knee Massacre

By Tony Pettinato on December 29, 2020

An article about the Wounded Knee Massacre in S.D. on 29 December 1890 when Spotted Elk and his band of Miniconjou and Hunkpapa Lakota were slaughtered... (Read More)

Illustration: "Washington Crossing the Delaware" by Emanuel Leutze, 1851. Credit: The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Wikimedia Commons.

How Did Newspapers Report George Washington’s December Triumph in 1776?

By Jane Cook on December 28, 2020

Jane Hampton searches old newspapers to learn about Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River and the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War... (Read More)

Illustration: "The Signing of the Treaty of Ghent, Christmas Eve, 1814," by Amédée Forestier, 1914. Credit: Smithsonian American Art Museum; Wikimedia Commons.

Did ‘Peace on Earth’ Come to America in Time for Christmas in 1814?

By Jane Cook on December 22, 2020

In this article, Jane Hampton Cook describes how negotiators for the U.S. and Great Britain tried to forge a peace treaty by Christmas 1814... (Read More)

Painting: “Happy Christmas” by Johansen Viggo, 1891

Anecdotes of Christmas Past

By Melissa Berry on December 21, 2020

In this article, Melissa Davenport Berry tells some stories about how Christmas was celebrated during America’s first 100 years... (Read More)

Photo: the Northern Club on Freemont Street Las Vegas, Nevada. Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections.

Christmas Spirits Ran High in Las Vegas During Prohibition, Part II

By Melissa Berry on December 18, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry finishes her story about how Las Vegas had Christmas spirits in 1919, though it was Prohibition and the city was supposedly dry... (Read More)

Photo: the Northern Club on Freemont Street Las Vegas, Nevada. Courtesy of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Special Collections.

Christmas Spirits Ran High in Las Vegas During Prohibition, Part I

By Melissa Berry on December 17, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry tells how Las Vegas had a festive Christmas in 1919, even though Prohibition was beginning and the town was supposedly dry... (Read More)

Illustration: Santa Claus

Christmas Humor of the 19th Century

By Mary Harrell-Sesniak on December 16, 2020

In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak searches old newspapers to find our ancestors’ Christmas humor from the 19th century... (Read More)

The Bruner brothers, from a 1918 Omaha World-Herald newspaper article

Civil War Veteran Brothers Celebrate Christmas Together – in 1919!

By Melissa Berry on December 15, 2020

Melissa Davenport Berry writes about the Bruner brothers, who survived the Civil War and lived long enough to celebrate Christmas together in 1919... (Read More)

President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act on 2 July 1964. Among the guests behind him is Martin Luther King Jr. Credit: White House Press Office; Cecil Stoughton; Wikimedia Commons.

On This Day: Supreme Court Upheld 1964 Civil Rights Act

By Tony Pettinato on December 14, 2020

The Supreme Court ruled on 14 December 1964 that the Civil Rights Act was constitutional, prohibiting racial discrimination in public accommodations... (Read More)

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