Archive for August, 2010
‘Waist’ not, want not
“They say that in the Army, the chow is mighty fine, A chicken jumped off the table and started marking time. Oh Lord, I wanna go, Oh Lord I wanna go Oh Lord I wanna go home.” There’s talk in the news that the nation’s latest military recruits are wider than they were before. While [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on August 31, 2010, under - World War II.
Tags: american history, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, weird US history
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Sex…and the Civil Rights Bill
Forty-seven years ago this past Saturday, Martin Luther King, Jr., touched a nation with his inspiring words. Just six months later in February of 1964, one small but powerful word was added to the House version of the divisive Civil Rights Act. Representative Howard Smith of Virginia sponsored an amendment to the bill—he added the word “sex” to the list of categories [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on August 30, 2010, under - Civil Rights, - The 1960s, - Women's Rights.
Tags: american history, Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act, Jr., Martin Luther King, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, Representative Howard Smith, Representative Martha Griffiths, Senator Margaret Chase Smith, weird US history
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Facial Hair Friday: In honor of MLK
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, August 28, 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., at center. (542015 / 306-SSM-4C(51)15) This Saturday marks the anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I have a dream” speech. I was looking through ARC at the pictures of how many people participated, when [...]
Posted by Hilary on August 27, 2010, under - Civil Rights, - The 1960s, Facial Hair Fridays.
Tags: civil rights, Facial Hair Fridays, Jr., March on Washington, Martin Luther Kingamerican history, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, weird US history
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Thursday’s Photo Caption Contest
Rebecca, it may be time to quit your day job. You have wowed another one of our guest judges, Kathleen Williams, Executive Director of the National Historical Publications and Records Commission. The actual caption for this fund-raising fanatic? “The ‘Human Squirrel’ who did many daring ‘stunts’ in climbing for benefit of War Relief Funds in [...]
Posted by Rob Crotty on August 26, 2010, under Photo Caption Contest.
Tags: american history, First World War photos, horses, lumberjacks, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, odd history, old logging photos, Photo Caption Contest, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, weird US history
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Happy Birthday, National Park Service!
On this day in 1916, the National Park Service was formed within the Department of Interior.
Posted by Rob Crotty on August 25, 2010, under Uncategorized.
Tags: CCC, civilian conservation corps, great depression, NARA, national archives, National archives and records administration, national park service, new dealamerican history, odd history, Pieces of History, prologue blog, Prologue magazine, random history, weird US history
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