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6 months ago

He [Baron Von Steuben] had friendly nicknames for all of them , as , for instance , " Le Petit Walker , et sa grande femme , " " Le paresseux North , " and the " Parson Adams " ( Duponceau ) , which he used when he wanted them to be particularly active .

-Friedrich Kapp, The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben


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3 years ago
Louisiana board votes to pardon Homer Plessy, namesake of Supreme Court's 1896 "separate but equal" ruling
cbsnews.com
The unanimous decision to clear the man's record of a conviction for refusing to leave a whites-only train car now goes to the governor.

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1 year ago

Sometimes I remember that they taught us that Columbus discovered America while trying to prove to Spain that the world is round and it's like someone poured alcohol onto the fire that is my abhorrence for the current American education system.


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