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07/10/2026

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The sacredness of water in the desert.

12/26/2025

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07/15/2025

Here is the latest from the history tutor!

With the end in mindBoth July 4 and July 14 commemorate more than just the birth of two modern nations—they represent a global shift toward liberty, equality, and human dignity. As the world continues to grapple with questions of justice, governance, and freedom, the legacies of 1776 and 1789 rema...

06/18/2025

In honor of Juneteenth:

Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in America's most remote Confederate stronghold and the beginning of a freedom celebration that continues 160 years later.

06/15/2025

Understanding Juneteenth: the story of freedom delayed

Greetings, followers of TheHistoryTutor.com: In celebration of Juneteenth (made official by the federal government on June 17, 2021), it's worth understanding not just what happened on that June day in 1865, but how a community's determination to remember and celebrate turned a moment of delayed jus...

10/15/2024

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October 7, 2001 - Afghanistan War begins as a result of the 9/11 attacks; the US begins its invasion of Afghanistan with an air campaign on Taliban targets. The campaign, made up of the CIA and US and British special forces, saw the start of Operation Enduring Freedom, the first stage of the war and...

10/04/2024

This week in history: How did this man make history in 1967? And where did 7,000 (angry) women march in protest in 1789? It's all here: https://bit.ly/3Y8wEnw

09/21/2024

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September 22, 1975 – When history repeats itself.  Gerald R. Ford, the Speaker of the House, who would become Vice-President and then President, after Nixon’s resignation, is the target of two assassination attempts in September of 1975.

09/14/2024

On this day, September 14, in 1847, General Winfield Scott captured Mexico City. It was a contentious war that Lincoln would go on to say was “unnecessarily and unconstitutionally commenced.”

During the Mexican‑American War, U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott enter Mexico City and raise the American flag over the Hall of Montezuma, concluding a devastating advance that began with an amphibious landing at Vera Cruz six months earlier. The Mexican‑American War began with a disput...

08/20/2024

The greatest Potus ever.