by Matilda Cruz | Jul 12, 2023 | History
Concord, Massachusetts, a place soon to be forever entwined with American literature, welcomed a new voice on July 12th, 1817. The influential American essayist, poet, and philosopher Henry David Thoreau was born that hot summer day. He was the third child of the...
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 11, 2023 | History
Not many men and women are born with a fate quite like that of John Quincy Adams. On July 11, 1767, John Quincy Adams made his grand debut in Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America. He would go on to become a renowned politician. A man, a son, a husband, a...
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 10, 2023 | History
The Jedwabne Pogrom was a massacre of Polish Jews that took place in the town of Jedwabne, Poland, during the early stages of the Holocaust. Details of the Jedwabne Pogrom massacre that took place on July 10, 1941, are gory but an important part of history. For...
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 9, 2023 | History
The 14th Amendment, ratified on July 9, 1868, granted citizenship to all persons naturalized in the United States and provided complete legal protection for all citizens. The Confederate states bitterly contested the 14th Amendment because it gave the right to...
by Matilda Cruz | Jul 8, 2023 | Uncategorized, History
On July 4th, 1776, Congress passed the Declaration of Independence. Later, on July 8th, it would be read out to the public simultaneously at noon from three different locations. The Declaration of Independence was officially released a year after the American...
