In an early version of the ‘Culture Wars,” the so-called Scopes Monkey Trial began in Dayton, TN, with John Thomas Scopes, accused of teaching evolution in violation of TN state law.
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One of the largest military conflicts in North American history begins on July 1, 1863, when Union and Confederate forces collide at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The epic battle lasted three days and resulted in a retreat to Virginia by Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia.
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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.
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.
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.
