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Historians Condemn Executive Order Targeting Smithsonian
American historians are defending the Smithsonian after museum is targeted in executive order accusing it of being 'divisive.'
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#HistoryMatters is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 54 people shared 1,454 posts with it — around 48 a day. Activity is up 9% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 24 with 85 posts.
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This is what I will be watching on inaugural day…
A gentle reminder that President #Kennedy managed to hold his #inauguration in 7 degree weather and almost as cold for Obama’s in 2009.
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The Sunderland Echo - Friday 1 September 1939
Keeping the people of Sunderland up to date with the sad news
#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters
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2019
A retired firefighter turned metal detectorist was exploring a field in eastern England when he found this sapphire ring buried in the ground.
After having it appraised, it turned out to be the ring of a powerful bishop named Hugh of Northwold from the 13th century.
#History #HistoryMatters
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21 September 454
Western Roman Emperor Valentinian III murders his general Flavius Aetius on instigation of eunuch Heraclius and senator Petronius Maximus.
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These ancient stone figures in Kyrgyzstan are part of the long tradition of Turkic balbals—human-shaped memorial stones found across the Eurasian steppes.
Many examples in Kyrgyzstan date to the 6th to 10th centuries CE and are linked to early Turkic funerary culture
#History #HistoryMatters
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A mosaic from the House of Orpheus in Pompeii.
Before even reaching the atrium, a visitor would see the homeowner’s boundary marked on the floor.
Now housed in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
#History #HistoryMatters
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Fayum Mummy Portraits
They come from Roman Egypt, mostly dating from the 1st to 3rd centuries CE.
Painted on wooden panels, many were placed over the faces of mummified bodies, giving the dead an astonishingly life like presence.
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29 March 1974
A collection of life-size terracotta warriors “The Terracotta Army” was discovered outside Xian, China.
They were buried with the 1st Qin Emperor in 210–209 BC, with the purpose of protecting him in his afterlife.
#HistoryMatters #History
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I can’t believe we’re here—an executive order may let political appointees shape Smithsonian exhibits. Because clearly, what fossils and fine art need is government spin. 🏛️🤦♂️ #Smithsonian #HistoryMatters #HandsOffOurMuseums #ArtNews
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12 July 1911
A Czech Jewish woman, Hana Neumannová, was born in Litoměřice.
She was deported to Auschwitz from the ghetto in Theresienstadt on 19 October 1944.
She did not survive.
#WW2 #History #HistoryMatters
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Ethel Carnie Holdsworth (1 January 1886 – 28 December 1962)
Ethel was the first working-class woman in Britain to publish a novel and she was outselling HG Wells.
Ethel had worked in the Lancashire cotton mills from the age of 11 until her early 20s. #History #HistoryMatters
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21 September 1967
RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 is launched at John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Scotland.
It is operated by the Cunard Line.
#History #HistoryMatters
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The Albion Tavern, Albion Drive, an early Victorian, Italianate-style public house originally dates back to at least the 1850s, when the street was known as Albion Road.
The pub shut its doors for good in 2002 and has since been converted into a private residential house.
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The 4th century ‘Leopard and Gazelle Mosaic’ from Dewlish Roman Villa in Dorset.
The mosaic is now part of the collections at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester.
📸 Kevin Wilbraham
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21 September 1249
A papal bull written granted 40 days’ indulgence every year to those – penitent and confessed – who visited the church at Dunfermline on the feast of St Margaret (†1093).
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21 September 1327
Deposed English king Edward II died.
It is thought he was murdered at Berkeley Castle, with some accounts claiming the insertion of a red-hot poker into his bottom. This is no longer accepted.
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21 September 1938
“Great New England Hurricane of 1938” hit Long Island in New York State. It’s estimated it killed 682 people, damaged or destroyed 57,000 homes and caused property losses estimated at $306 million ($4:8 billion today).
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21 September 1949
Republic of Ireland beat England 2-0 at Goodison Park. It was England’s first home defeat by a team outside the UK.
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21 September 1962
University Challenge, presented by Bamber Gascoigne, was screened on Granada TV for the first time. The original series ran for 913 episodes on ITV until 1987.
The BBC revived the programme in 1994 with Jeremy Paxman as host.
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21 September 1964
Malta attained independence from the British Empire and joined the Commonwealth of Nations, but declared itself a republic a decade later.
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21 September 1917 Lance Corporal Michael Dockerty (266510) 1/6 Bn Cheshire Regiment was killed in action and has no known grave but is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Michael is also remembered inside Stockport War Memorial #WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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