#Monument

National Parks Conservation Association

NPCA

Five years ago today, Sand to Snow, Mojave Trails and Castle Mountains national monuments were officially created, permanently protecting 1.8 million acres of spectacular desert wilderness and helping to form

Mike “10ForTheBigGuy”

Doranimated

I was on Armenian TV last night. They devoted 5 minutes of broadcast time to my visit to Azerbaijan. Here they are discussing my visit to Xinaliq. Earlier that day

U Dhammaloka

DhammalokaU

Just watched solstice sunrise at Newgrange, probably for the first and last time (but worth trying tomorrow and Tuesday morning, 8.45 am GMT):https://www.gov.ie/en/news/eea6b-winter-solstice-at-newgrange-2020/?referrer=http://www.gov.ie/new

Kevin M. Levin

KevinLevin

Robert E. Lee had represented Virginia in Statuary Hall since 1909. Last night it was removed.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginias-statue-of-gen-robert-e-lee-removed-from-us-capitol/2020/12/20/07cb9c18-432a-11eb-

Jordan Green

jordangreentcb

THREAD: This is a fascinating story about the political realignment in North Carolina by @FO_Woolverton that covers some of the same ground as my recent reporting for @Triad_City_Beat. #Election2020

Nicholas Whithorn

NickWhithorn

5.20 a.m. Monday 28 December 1908, the city of Messina is asleep. The evening before saw the inauguration of the city's new public lighting system & a Christmas performance of

हठयोगी

hathyogi31

#3/thread on Angkor watChristianity and islam may be the largest religion of today’s world but Sanatan dharm has the largest religious monument in the world in the form of Angkor

American Historical Association

AHAhistorians

We know teaching today's events—which are not a “moment,” but the product of a long history—presents a familiar, yet unusually urgent, challenge: how can students use historical knowledge and thinking

Ohio Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild

OhioNLG

A terrible new anti-protest bill was just introduced in the Ohio legislature.https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/10/gop-lawmakers-cindy-abrams-sara-carruthers-protest-riot-penalty-bill/6232143002/ Among other things, HB 7

Sarah Kendzior

sarahkendzior

"People are really hurting. They need someone who actually shows they care and who doesn't normalize authoritarianism. Biden aside, the big story is the losses in the House and the

Chuck McShane

chuckmcshane

The Confederate monument building campagins of the 1890s were about erasing the history of multiracial gains of Reconstruction. While renaming streets, Charlotte could focus on Reconstruction leaders disappeared from the

David Frum

davidfrum

27 election signs have gone missing in North Topeka, KS, this campaign season: 22 of them Biden signs, 1 of them a Trump sign. But it was the theft of

Lindsey Fitzharris

DrLindseyFitz

(1/11) THREAD: THE SADDEST PLACE IN LONDONIn 1887, the artist George F. Watts proposed a tribute of a different sort for Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee. He believed art could act

Prof Tanja Bueltmann

cliodiaspora

I got up before 4am this morning for my daily outdoor time (aka exercise) in the hope of catching the snow in #Edinburgh before it would melt away. It

Matt Cohen

Matt_D_Cohen

In downtown DC to cover the MAGA rally today. Just walked by this massive BLM billboard on the National Geographic building where a bunch of Trump supporters are standing solemnly

Bruce & City Between

citybetween

Wait! Did St. Louis have a French Quarter like New Orleans? The city of the arch and Budweiser? If so, where is it? This though struck me recently when I

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