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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, 77 people shared 2,099 posts with it — around 70 a day. Activity is down 8% versus the previous week, peaking on Jul 25 with 103 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.
#HistoryMatters
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132 708 3198
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
38 103 954
This is called a ‘hudd’ and was used in the 18th century for the priest to stand in when conducting graveside services in wet weather.
The Wingfield hudd is one of just two in East Anglia. There's another at Walpole St Peter in Norfolk.
#History #HistoryMatters
4 21 110
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
12 140 832
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.
#History #HistoryMatters
33 183 826
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
31 110 668
1968
Johnny Cash just before going on stage for his live concert at Folsom Prison
📷 Dan Poush
#History #HistoryMatters
11 43 310
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
30 143 486
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
32 174 466
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
9 137 457
Five iron 12th century rotary keys for mounted locks for doors that no longer exist at Binham Priory.
Four with kidney shaped bows
and one with heart shaped bow.
#Historymatters #keys #12thcentury
#Norwich #historicalfiction
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7 August 1711
The first race meeting was held at Ascot. The course was established by Queen Anne and has been associated with the Royal Family ever since, highlighted by the annual prestigious June flat race meetings
#History #HistoryMatters
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7 August 1840
The employment of climbing boys, as assistants to chimney sweeps was prohibited by an Act of Parliament. This law was generally ignored and the practice was only effectively outlawed by further legislation 35 years later.
#History #HistoryMatters
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7 August 1914
The British Expeditionary Force consisting of 6 army divisions and 5 cavalry brigades under the command of General Sir John French arrived in France to repel any German attack in the West at the start of the Great War.
#WW1 #History #HistoryMatters
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7 August 1948
The US athlete Alice Coachman became the first black woman to win an Olympic gold medal by winning the Women’s High Jump Final at the 1948 London Olympic Games.
#History #HistoryMatters
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The Litter Act came into force in London.
Offenders could be fined up to £100 for dropping litter. This law has been generally ignored and poorly enforced ever since.
#History #HistoryMatters #London
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7 August 1972
Ugandan leader Idi Amin ordered 60,000 Asians, mostly British Passport holders, to leave the country within 90 days. Amin claimed Asians were “milking the Ugandan economy of its wealth”.
#History #HistoryMatters
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7 August 1980
John Lennon and wife Yoko Ono began recording their album Double Fantasy at The Hit Factory studios in New York City.
It was Lennon’s first album of original material since Walls and Bridges released in UK on 4 October 1974. Sadly, It would be his last.
#History #HistoryMatters
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7 August 1978
President Jimmy Carter declares a federal emergency at Love Canal due to toxic waste that had been disposed of negligently
#History #HistoryMatters
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7 August 1974
Philippe Petit performs a high wire act between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center 1,368 feet (417 m) in the air
#History #HistoryMatters
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7 August 1962
Canadian-born American pharmacologist Frances Oldham Kelsey is awarded the U.S. President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service for her refusal to authorise thalidomide.
#History #HistoryMatters
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