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Month: June 2026
DEPT. OF POLITICAL SCIENCE FEATURED IN THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
“Why Wake County picked East Carolina University for employee online MPA program”
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IN THE NEWS: THE REFLECTING POOL
Recent controversy aside, how about some history? The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is the largest of the many reflecting pools in Washington, D.C. Designed by Henry Bacon and completed in 1923 to complement the Lincoln Memorial, the concrete-bottomed rectangular pool stretches 2,028–2,030 feet long, is 167 feet wide, and has a depth of 18–30 inches. The pool was intended to serve as a reflective surface, mirroring the surrounding monuments and sky, creating a serene atmosphere for its approximately 24 million annual visitors. It was built on reclaimed marshland and has required multiple restorations, including a major 2010–2012 rebuild that added a new circulation system and 2,133 timber pilings to stabilize the structure.
FROM THE DESK OF THE P.S. EXPLAINER
James Madison is considered one of the first political scientists due to the fact that he consulted and studied numerous classic texts about politics and government before arriving in Philadelphia for the Constitutional Convention. Because of this he was by far the most prepared at the Convention and had a lasting impact on the shape of the final product. His ideas on government and rights have had a lasting impact on American political thought.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR ROOTS OF THE NAMING OF GREENVILE NC
The very name of Greenville is a direct product of the Revolutionary War. The town was originally incorporated in 1771 as Martinsborough, named in honor of North Carolina’s last British Royal Governor, Josiah Martin. As Governor Martin fled the colony and the war heated up, the town’s name became an ideological problem. In 1786, the North Carolina General Assembly officially changed the name to Greenville to honor General Nathanael Greene, the legendary Revolutionary War hero who commanded the Southern campaign and successfully pushed the British out of the Carolinas.
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
Delaware Declares Independence. On June 15, 1776, the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declares itself independent of British and Pennsylvanian authority, thereby creating the state of Delaware.
Delaware did not exist as a colony under British rule. As of 1704, Pennsylvania had two colonial assemblies: one for the “Upper Counties,” originally Bucks, Chester and Philadelphia, and one for the “Lower Counties on the Delaware” of New Castle, Kent and Sussex. All of the counties shared one governor.
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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, June 12, 1987
President Reagan challenges Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall” In one of his most famous Cold War speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenges Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided Germany.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR TRIVIA: DID YOU KNOW?
There were two Boston tea parties: Between 50 or 60 “Sons of Liberty,” disguised as Mohawks, protested the 3 cents per pound British tax on tea by dumping chests of the popular drink into Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773. Fewer know that the improper Bostonians repeated the performance on March 7, 1774. The two tea parties cost the British around $3 million in modern money.
