[Homer_J_Simpson]

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: Sometime in the future.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed. To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

Candidates for the Board of Education Opposed to Reading the Bible in Schools – 2
Our Special European Correspondence – 3-4
In the Streets – 4
Editorials – 4-6
The Lounger – 6-7
Glimpses of Life at Washington – 8-12
Torture and Homicide in an American State Prison – 13-18
Chess Chronicle – 18
The Heir of Hardington – 18-21
The Principality of Monaco – 22-24

[Homer_J_Simpson]

[Continued from December 16 (reply #17) .]

December 18. Last night with Ellie to call on the Wolcott Gibbses in Twenty-ninth Street; a pleasant visit. Made Gibbs talk chemistry and polarization. He told me a piece of scandal about aluminium. Ball & Black, the jewelers, had sundry scraps of that new and interesting acquisition of metallic society fused in a crucible, with intent to run it into bars, when it exploded with violence and without apparent excuse, knocking crucible and furnace into pi. Strange that so placid, quiet-mannered, inert a substance should so disgrace itself before company.

The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

[BroJoeK]

It’s not clear why the, ahem, gentlemen pictured wish to ban the Bible from schools, but I know two of my grandparents continued to start their school days with a Bible reading and prayer well into the 20th century.

[BroJoeK]

"Filibuster in Nicaragua" did not then mean long winded speechifying, but rather a military adventure by Southerners eager to expand their slave empire.

There were several, all unsuccessful, not clear why exactly.

[youngidiot]

“Showered to death” God Almighty

[C19fan]

Thanks to income taxes Monaco went from a nondescript place to the 2nd home of millionaires and billionaires.

[alfa6]

Thanks Homer for keeping up the postings.

Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year.

And for the rest of all y’all the same as well.

Best Regards

alfa6 ;>}