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    Not the Right People: Ethnic Cleansing in the Texas Borderlands

    by Malcolm Logan November 20, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan November 20, 2021

    In the median strip of I-69 outside of San Benito, TX a historical marker few…

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    Understanding Backwards: Coming to Terms with the Past in Oxford, Mississippi

    by Malcolm Logan October 16, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan October 16, 2021

    “Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.” That quote by…

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  • New YorkThe East

    Sam Patch, the Tragic True Story of America’s First National Celebrity

    by Malcolm Logan August 7, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan August 7, 2021

    On November 6th, 1829 a man dressed in a white shirt and spinner pants stepped…

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  • MassachusettsThe East

    Lexington and Concord: The Stirring True Story of the Events that Sparked the American Revolution

    by Malcolm Logan July 3, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan July 3, 2021

    It was a war nobody wanted. Even rabblerousers like Sam Adams and John Hancock agreed…

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  • MassachusettsThe East

    The Memory Holes: Debunking the Myths Surrounding the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MA

    by Malcolm Logan June 26, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan June 26, 2021

    It was idealism that motivated them, idealism and a self-righteous belief in their own rectitude.…

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  • New YorkThe East

    Getting off the Boat at Ellis Island: Examining the Question of Immigration in New York City

    by Malcolm Logan June 5, 2021
    by Malcolm Logan June 5, 2021

    In a country constituted of immigrants and the progeny of immigrants, immigration is surprisingly thorny…

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  • North Carolina

    First in Flight: Hang Gliding in Kitty Hawk, NC

    by Malcolm Logan August 10, 2019
    by Malcolm Logan August 10, 2019

    Death from spinal fracture was the final verdict for Otto Lilienthal. Displaying a heady mixture…

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  • KansasThe Plains States

    The Wickedest Town in the West: Dodge City and the Wages of Progress

    by Malcolm Logan June 6, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan June 6, 2018

    The Old West was just the briefest snapshot in time. It’s odd to think that…

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  • KansasMissouriThe MidwestThe Plains States

    Two Presidents, One Day, Sixteen Years: Visiting the Presidential Museums in Kansas & Missouri

    by Malcolm Logan May 15, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan May 15, 2018

    The years 1944-1960 saw the greatest expansion of the American economy we may ever know.…

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  • Florida

    Longevity: Discovering the Real Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, FL

    by Malcolm Logan February 23, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan February 23, 2018

    As I came into Florida, home of the largest concentration of senior citizens in the…

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