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For over 150 years, the Chicago history museum has provided visitors and residents with the keys to the citys past, present and future. The Chicago History Museum is Chicago’s official museum on history,showcasing the accomplishments of those from the region. From galleries celebrating the life of Abraham Lincoln, who died in the city on July 16, 1871 to the artwork of the city, the museum houses Chicago’s most important collection of materials related to local history.. As well, it demonstr …

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Barack Obamas plan to address school children between K and grade 12 has raised a furor among millions of parents in the nation. But so far the only reason given for the stir it has caused is that Americans dont want politics in the classroom. Are there other reasons and what are they?

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A short history on why Confederate money was doomed to fail and the man behind an impossible mission.

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A story of irony of the Confederate States of American honoring a man on a Confederate note who opposed succession.

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Stan was captured in Singapore, and made to work – in the quarry, building a railway – while staying in tents in the jungle. He was kept prisoner for over a year. “The conditions in the camps were awful. We did 18 hours or more a day sometimes. All we would eat was horrible rice, and maggots. There were so many of them in the rice, that you couldn’t even pick them out.”

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