The Mayflower: What Was Life Like At Sea?

The Mayflower: What Was Life Like At Sea?

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How Did Fossils Change America?

When fossils were discovered in the US during the 19th Century, it altered American understandings of science, religion, race and more. So what was the Hadrosaurus Foulkii, and why did it have such an enormous effect?Caroline Winterer, William Robertson Coe Professor of History a ...  Show more

Lincoln: The First Presidential Assassination

Today we're delving into the archives and revisiting Don and Michael Kauffman's conversation on the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln...On the evening of 14th April, 1865, the Union was celebrating victory in the civil war, won 5 days earlier with General Lee's surrender at Appoma ...  Show more

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