Friendly forums for passionate Dems!
More than 91 million posts since 2001
Home Latest Greatest Videos Forums Hide ads Join up!
Home Latest Greatest
Videos Forums Help
Hide ads Join up!
Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»American History
Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

American History

Related: About this forum
Start a new discussionStart discussion Subscribe to this forum (see My DU » Subscriptions)Subscribe Mark this forum as read (yellow icons will turn white)Mark as read Search this forum using Advanced SearchSearch forum You will no longer see this forum (see My DU > Trash Can)Trash forum Get forum information and statisticsAbout forum
This is a group, not a forum. Groups often serve as safe havens for members who share similar interests and viewpoints. Individuals who post messages contrary to a particular group's stated purpose can be excluded from posting in that group. For detailed information about this group and its purpose, click here.
Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
Showing active threads sorted by replies. Click here to return to default view.
Who would have made an interesting president, but never got the shot? [View all] 63 Bucky Sep 2012 Mar 2019 3 13837
What do you remember from your American History classes in high school? (anything at all, I taught American History) 47 Stuart G Oct 2023 Nov 2023 13 1838
If you could describe the history of America in one word... 33 ellisonz Feb 2012 Sep 2012 0 28280
Will Trump become known as the worst President in all American History? 31 Stuart G Jan 2021 Mar 2021 6 2981
Why are Americans so bad at studying history? 29 ellisonz Apr 2012 Jun 2012 0 9646
Another trivia question 24 RZM Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 4311
Who are your top five American Presidents? 22 ellisonz Feb 2012 Apr 2012 0 5492
Why didn't the North let the South secede? 21 SnohoDem Nov 2012 Jun 2013 0 101469
Okay, so apparently every group needs a host and we don't have one here.... 20 Rowdyboy Dec 2011 Dec 2011 1 6917
150 Years of Misunderstanding the Civil War 20 steve2470 Jun 2013 Jun 2014 21 7891
Favorite documentaries? 19 Adsos Letter Dec 2011 Jan 2012 0 6320
What are the best first person accounts of American fighting in WW2 ? 19 steve2470 Jun 2014 Jan 2018 0 5122
The last known photo of Ulysses S. Grant. 19 Bleacher Creature Feb 2022 Aug 2022 33 3090
Just watched the movie "The Patriot," and out of curiosity looked up a British view of 18 GreenPartyVoter Oct 2013 Dec 2016 6 7182
People lost to history 18 Kaleva Jan 2018 Mar 2020 3 20914
What American had connections to 3 Presidential assasinations? 18 Kaleva Feb 2023 Feb 2023 8 1012
Adams or Jefferson? (Poll) 17 ellisonz Oct 2015 Oct 2017 0 5897
"Wounded Knee Massacre" ..Proof we fail to teach about .. genocide of Native Americans. 17 Stuart G May 2021 May 2021 13 2257
Robert Higgs: Why Do So Many People Automatically and Angrily Condemn Historical Revisionism? 16 ellisonz Dec 2011 Feb 2012 1 4915
Here's a trivia question 16 RZM Jan 2012 Jan 2012 0 3268
Earliest Photographs of Wash., D.C. 1843-1866 *Incl. Lincoln's Inaugurations March 4, 1861 & 1865 16 appalachiablue Mar 2021 Apr 2021 45 11172
On this day, August 21, 2017, a solar eclipse traversed the continental United States. 15 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2023 Aug 2023 7 881
On December 21, 1924, "The New York Times" ran a story that did not hold up well at all. 15 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 48 2037
Lookie what we found in our old house 14 47of74 Jan 2012 Feb 2012 15 7233
My book on how the states got their names... 14 kag Dec 2011 Dec 2011 6 5266
What books have helped you understand history? 14 Bucky Dec 2019 Mar 2020 4 4049
Harry Truman's White House lunch and dinner menu, today 1952: 14 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2023 Mar 2023 10 1167
Happy Birthday Jeanette Rankin, first woman ever elected to congress and the only member who voted 13 Rowdyboy Jun 2012 Jun 2012 3 4055
So I got to thinking about something today 13 Separation Oct 2018 May 2019 5 2660
Strange Event Happened In U.S.History (my opinion) Former President Totally Destroyed His Name 13 Stuart G Feb 2022 Mar 2022 10 2043

American History Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
In which battle did the most Americans die? The question is answered in the following lecture: 13 NNadir Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 954
Strange But True: Ron Paul Thinks The American Civil War Was 'Unnecessary' 12 ellisonz Dec 2011 Jan 2012 2 5488
Why did Ronald Reagan switch from a Democrat to a Republican? 12 Willie Pep Jul 2018 Jul 2019 0 5200
A Previously Unknown Portrait of a Young Harriet Tubman Goes on View 12 Eugene Mar 2019 Apr 2019 48 3626
The Mayflower Pioneers: The Hardships They Encountered 12 left-of-center2012 May 2021 May 2021 5 1837
'Dollar Princesses': American Women Married British Aristocrats, 1870- 1920, The Gilded Age 12 appalachiablue Feb 2022 Feb 2022 5 1435
Audie Murphy, 'What's My Line?': One of the Most Decorated Combat Soldiers of WW2, Texan, Democrat 12 appalachiablue May 2022 Jun 2022 5 1628
1776, if it's not on TCM or elsewhere, I may actually pay to 'rent' it, sucker that I am. 12 elleng Jun 2022 Jul 2022 4 1555
Horror & Heroism, Air Florida Plane Crash, Wash. DC, Jan. 13, 1982- 41 Yrs Ago: Graphic Images, Info 12 appalachiablue Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 1643
On this day, March 7, 1970, people flocked to the Atlantic coast of the United States to view a total solar eclipse. 12 mahatmakanejeeves Mar 7 Mar 8 6 593
Why isn't there more enthusiasm for anothe civil war? 11 struggle4progress May 2011 Dec 2011 0 3094
Who is your favorite Founding Father? (Poll) 11 ellisonz May 2012 Jun 2012 0 4254
The Confederate General Who Became a Race Traitor 11 pangaia Nov 2017 Mar 2018 14 3202
I Saw John Wilkes Booth Shoot Abraham Lincoln. 11 Tomconroy Sep 2021 Sep 2021 7 1319
On February 13, 1945, the Allies begin firebombing Dresden. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 2 841
On February 23, 1945, Joe Rosenthal took this picture: 11 mahatmakanejeeves Feb 2023 Feb 2023 43 3050
On this day, April 12, 1955, it was announced that the polio vaccine Jonas Salk developed was safe. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 1549
On this day, July 30, 1965, LBJ signed the Social Security Act of 1965 into law. 11 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 38 1800
Civil War Sesquicentennial 10 melonkali Dec 2011 Dec 2011 0 3413
Well, I'm reading "1491" by Charles Mann 10 canoeist52 Dec 2011 Apr 2012 1 3410
Forget the Alamo censored by the usual suspects! 10 CCExile Jul 2021 Jul 2021 2 2623
Fun To Watch 1960s Teenage Baby Boomers Who DIDN'T Rebel 10 Uncle Joe Oct 2021 Oct 2021 9 1381
Arizona archaeologist says she's found artifacts linked to famed 1540 expedition 10 left-of-center2012 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 51 3071
On this day, July 4, three of the first five presidents died. Jefferson and Adams in 1826, and 10 mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2023 Jul 2023 25 1981
How The Trail of Tears Impacted Wes Studi's Ancestors, Finding Your Roots, PBS 10 appalachiablue Feb 18 Feb 20 10 447
Gorbachev: Is the World Really Safer Without the Soviet Union? 9 ellisonz Dec 2011 Jan 2012 1 4013
On 17 July 1967 Jimi Hendrix first appeared in concert. 9 discntnt_irny_srcsm Jul 2013 Jul 2013 0 2413
Ross Perot 9 BlueDog22 Feb 2018 Feb 2018 0 2872
How far could a WWII American bomber fly without refueling? Nt 9 raccoon Feb 2020 Feb 2020 0 2788
Interesting video on the restoration of the "Starship Enterprise" model, from the original series 9 A HERETIC I AM Apr 2020 Apr 2020 24 4886

American History Continued...

Title Replies Author Start time Last reply Recs Views
This Tribal Map of America Shows Whose Land You're Actually Living On. 9 elleng Oct 2020 Oct 2020 21 2154
Sinking of the Titanic April 14-15, 1912 North Atlantic Ocean Voyage UK-US: Survivors Interviews 9 appalachiablue Apr 2023 Apr 2023 10 1029
On the night of Saturday, January 28, 1922, the roof of the Knickerbocker Theatre in Washington, D.C., collapsed. 9 mahatmakanejeeves Jan 28 Jan 28 3 591
"History's 'Hatfields amd McCoys' a bleak depiction of famous feud" 8 Rowdyboy May 2012 Jul 2012 1 5174
"Earharts Anti-Freckle Cream Jar Possibly Found" 8 Rowdyboy Jun 2012 Jun 2012 22 4812
Joseph McCarthy 8 Blindingly apparent Aug 2017 Aug 2017 0 5128
"a date which will live in infamy" 8 elleng Dec 2019 Dec 2019 4 2330
A question about the impeachment 8 Catamount Jan 2020 Jan 2020 0 2995
'It was four hundred years ago today that the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, 8 elleng Sep 2020 Oct 2020 7 2838
Dust Bowl: FDR In Bismarck, No. Dakota, Drought, Insect Plagues 1936 Depression: Film 8 appalachiablue Dec 2020 Dec 2020 5 1645
134-year-old Confederate time capsule possibly found under removed Robert E. Lee statue 8 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 9 1456
In President Harry's Truman's remarks in Syracuse, New York on October 10, 1952, he said this: 8 elleng Sep 2022 Oct 2022 19 1800
On the night of April 10, 1956, Nat King Cole was beaten onstage in Birmingham, Alabama. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 45 3216
"Listen, my children, and you shall hear ..." 8 mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 Apr 2023 6 741
At 0530 on 16 December 1944, with a massive, 90-minute German artillery barrage, the Battle of the Bulge began. 8 mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 Dec 2023 3 625
Doris Miller, Hero Pearl Harbor 1941, Fired AA Machine Gun from USS West Virginia, Navy Cross 8 appalachiablue Mar 24 Mar 25 18 826
"10 European Colonies that failed before Jamestown" 7 Rowdyboy May 2013 May 2013 1 6386
While I'm not exactly wild about the DAR, having noticed an apparent preponderance 7 IrishAyes Aug 2014 Aug 2014 2 2817
Hurricane Michael unearthed 19th century shipwrecks in Florida 7 sandensea Oct 2018 Oct 2018 3 2665
The Invention That Won World War II 7 Sherman A1 Jun 2019 Feb 2021 17 4222
Latest Discussions»Culture Forums»American History
Home | Latest Discussions | Greatest Discussions | Latest Videos | All Forums

About | Copyright | Privacy | Terms of service | Contact

In Memoriam

© 2001 - 2024 Democratic Underground, LLC. Thank you for visiting.