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Boston Massacre
(Encyclopedia) Boston Massacre, 1770, pre-Revolutionary incident growing out of the resentment against the British troops sent to Boston to maintain order and to enforce the Townshend Acts. The…Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
(Encyclopedia) TulsThunberga race massacre, Greenwood, Okla., May 31 to June 1, 1921. On the evening of May 31, 1921, a white lynch mob gathered…Fantastic Fables, Ambrose Bierce: The Massacre
147 149 The Massacre SOME Holy Missionaries in China having been deprived of life by the Bigoted Heathens, the Christian Press made a note of it, and was greatly pained to point out the contrast…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Massacre
A Fatal Disorder A Ship and a Man The Massacre SOME Holy Missionaries in China having been deprived of life by the Bigoted Heathens, the Christian Press made a note of it, and was…Sand Creek
(Encyclopedia) Sand Creek, Colorado, site of a massacre (1864) of Cheyenne by Col. John M. Chivington and his Colorado Volunteers. The Cheyennes, led by Black Kettle, had offered to make peace and,…state flowers
(Encyclopedia) state flowers. Each state of the United States has designated, usually by legislative action, one flower as its floral emblem; the rose has been designated by Congress as the national…Jenkins, John, American pioneer, 1728–85
(Encyclopedia) Jenkins, John, 1728–85, American pioneer, b. probably Connecticut. In 1753, Jenkins explored the Wyoming Valley for the proposed Susquehanna Company. A settlement (1762) under his…Moore, Michael
(Encyclopedia) Moore, Michael, 1954–, American documentary filmmaker, author, and activist, b. Flint, Mich. A highly personal, populist, and frequently controversial and polarizing documentary…Doeg
(Encyclopedia) DoegDoegdōˈĕg [key], in the Bible, agent of Saul in the massacre at Nob. title of Psalm 52.My Lai incident
(Encyclopedia) My Lai incidentMy Lai incidentmē lī [key], a massacre of Vietnamese civilians by U.S. soldiers in the Vietnam War. On Mar. 16, 1968, a unit of the U.S. army's Americal division, led by…Trending
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