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A place to read stories about history that connect to present-day events and concerns
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Thomas Jenkins
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Timelines and Telescopes
May 21, 2018
Our Foreign Policy Has Come a Long Way Since George Washington
Recent international debacles underscore how much the United States has changed
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Thomas Jenkins
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Timelines and Telescopes
Mar 14, 2018
Preservation vs. Popularity: the National Parks Service in the 1950s
During a decade of unprecedented popularity, the National Parks Service had to face strains on both its physical and philosophical…
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Thomas Jenkins
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Timelines and Telescopes
Jan 19, 2018
How a Dying Presidency and Economic Devastation Breathed Life into National Parks
In the midst of the Great Depression, Herbert Hoover signed an act that allowed for greater expansion of the National…
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