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Independence Day: Fourth of July Bostonians Memories - In 1899 The Boston Globe recalled #IndependenceDay or #FourthofJuly celebrations remembered by Bostonians from years earlier. These memories ... https://t.co/Cd0W3mLgOc #FridayReads
Independence Day: Fourth of July Bostonians Memories - In 1899 The Boston Globe recalled #IndependenceDay or #FourthofJuly celebrations remembered by Bostonians from years earlier. These memories ... https://t.co/2RB3zZl4fJ #c19th
Died #OnThisDay 3Jul1848 Thomas Raikes, a dandy who patronized White's and was a merchant banker and diarist. He was also nicknamed "Apollo" because "he rose in the east and set in the west." https://t.co/RubBzHoOru #19thcentury #dandy #thomasraikes
RT @AntoineVanner: An epic last-stand by a British frigate against French galleys in the Thames estuary in 1707 occurred close to the end of the galley’s day as a fighting vessel – it had lasted some 2000 years since Athens’ naval greatness. https://t.co/rPQ5oXCYMP #18thCentury
#LauraBell #Courtesan and Preacher of the 1800s - Laura Eliza Jane Seymour Bell was born in 1829, baptized on 18 October of that year, and moved with her family to Glenavy around 1835. She supposedly had an ... https://t.co/Lr8WAcmIId #19thcentury
Died #OnThisDay 27Jun1756 Famous French ballerina Marie Sallé and first female choreographer of the ballet. Learn more about her life: https://t.co/TrG0u4Mf17 #18thcentury #ballerina #dance
Memorial Day Observances in America in 1885 - #MemorialDay is an American holiday in which Americans honor the dead and remember those who died while in the armed services. The holiday originated ... https://t.co/pIz8nx0j91 #19thcentury #FridayReads
Memorial Day Observances in America in 1885 - #MemorialDay is an American holiday in which Americans honor the dead and remember those who died while in the armed services. The holiday originated ... https://t.co/rhzVuJLxJf #USHist #wwwblogs
Memorial Day Observances in America in 1885 - #MemorialDay is an American holiday in which Americans honor the dead and remember those who died while in the armed services. The holiday originated ... https://t.co/rhzVuJLxJf #19thc #holidays
#BlackCats: An Enterprising Hoax in 1891 - Everyone has probably heard about the many superstitions surrounding cats, particularly black #cats. For instance, one of the oldest and most enduring superstitions ... https://t.co/fgQbyqUDZd #19thcentury