Category: General Knowledge

Readings for June Nineteenth

In some US homes, one ritual for the major holidays is to read from significant documents related to the occasion. Our newest federal holiday, Juneteenth,

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Documents for Juneteenth

The new federal holiday—Juneteenth—is so new that many Americans have only a vague notion of its importance. In time, however, it will be as much

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Sanditon Revisited, The Characters

After watching the first television episode and staring open-mouthed as Sydney Parker gives Miss Heywood a most ungentlemanly, spittle-spewing tongue-lashing upon their early acquaintance, I sensed that something was amiss.

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Geography Counts

Basic literacy in the twenty-first century includes the ability to locate countries in the news on a map.

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