Featured story: "I was molded from the clay soil in Deep East Texas ... This region has an antebellum history shrouded in violence, mystery, and resilience—much like the ecosystem of the Big Thicket, which is arguably the most diverse in the world." https://www.texasobserver.org/love-letter-black-woodswomen-deep-east-texas/
Deb Chachra
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Yes, #history do be like that sometimes
Yes, #history do be like that sometimes
🎼 A touch of musical history to start the day.
This is a lirone and here's what it sounds like.
Emilia Benjamin introduces this rare instrument, also known as Heaven’s Hoover.
#Music #musicalinstruments #musichistory #history #globalmuseum
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"Last year, Trump removed the Kennedy Center’s leadership, cut its programming and installed a handpicked board that had his name drilled into the building front. A court ordered the name removed last month. Audiences, performers and visitors have fled from the center, which has lost about 90 percent of its staff and, for now, 100 percent of its paying audience."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/us/politics/kennedy-center-tours.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.zFz-._TlL6IZVflGP&smid=url-share
#KennedyCenter #Culture #Arts #Art #Politics #DonaldTrump #Trump #Corruption #News #Press #US #USA #DC
[Here's the article referred to above]
Trump Gutted the Kennedy Center. A Tour Guide Wants You to See It Anyway.
In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.
#GiftLink
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/us/politics/kennedy-center-trump.html?unlocked_article_code=1.11A.2Umd.o6fONjoGp_dX&smid=url-share
#KennedyCenter #Tour #History #Culture #Art #Politics #USPol #GOP #DonaldTrump #Trump #Corruption #News #Press #Washington #DC #WashingtonDC #US #USA #UnitedStates #America
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42 years ago today
Hüsker Dü at the junkyard photo shoot for Zen Arcade, July 31, 1984
Photo by Mark Peterson
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #hüskerdü #huskerdu #history #punkrockhistory #otd
179 pre-Hispanic objects discovered in remote Zoque cave in Chiapas.
Archaeologists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) have documented 179 pre-Hispanic objects inside a difficult-to-reach cave in the La Venta River canyon, in what the institute describes as one of the most significant archaeological discoveries made in the region in recent decades.
https://artdaily.cc/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=198616 #globalmuseum #Archaeology #Anthropology #history #Mexico
Wendo 🇺🇦
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Today in history:
Hitler awards the Grand Cross of the Supreme Order of the German Eagle to Henry Ford, the highest Nazi decoration ever given to a foreigner.
The medal was presented by two officials from the German Consulates in Cleveland and Detroit.
"I consider Henry Ford my inspiration, I revere him. I will do everything possible to put Ford's racial theories into practice in Germany."
Hitler to Stephen Watt of the Detroit News, 1931
Today in history:
Hitler awards the Grand Cross of the Supreme Order of the German Eagle to Henry Ford, the highest Nazi decoration ever given to a foreigner.
The medal was presented by two officials from the German Consulates in Cleveland and Detroit.
"I consider Henry Ford my inspiration, I revere him. I will do everything possible to put Ford's racial theories into practice in Germany."
Hitler to Stephen Watt of the Detroit News, 1931
Featured story: "When you were 8, you could control the wind. The trees would listen, waving their long branches at you. ... That was when the birds called your name and the squirrels followed you." https://www.texasobserver.org/love-letter-black-woodswomen-deep-east-texas/
You're Dead to Me.
The comedy podcast that takes history seriously. Greg Jenner brings together the best names in comedy and history to learn and laugh about the past.
https://www.bbc.com/audio/brand/p07mdbhg #BBC #globalmuseum #history #podcast
Bob Jamieson
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In our magazine: "From very early on, the Black women around me drew the maps that guide my life’s trajectory. I have had the privilege of growing up under their watchful eyes." https://www.texasobserver.org/love-letter-black-woodswomen-deep-east-texas/
A Stagecoach Drawn by Four Horses on the Virginia Canyon Road in Yellowstone National Park, 1905.
This historic photograph captures a four-horse yellow-painted tourist stagecoach kicking up dust as it navigates the treacherous terrain of Virginia Canyon Road in Yellowstone National Park in the summer of 1905. In the background, the rushing waters of the Virginia Cascades slice through the canyon.
https://www.vintag.es/2026/07/a-stagecoach-drawn-by-four-horses.html #globalmuseum #History #Yellowstone #NationaParks
The English word "lady" originally meant "loaf kneader."
It comes from the Old English word hāefdige:
hlāf = loaf.
dige = kneader of dough.
In Anglo-Saxon England, bread was baked at home, and the lady of the household was responsible for making it.
Her title reflected one of the most important duties in the home.
@oaksandlions #globalmuseum #history
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