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New to bluesky. I am a professional historian posting daily stories and history news. Perfect for history buffs and life long students of all ages! Store 👇 www.etsy.com/shop/HistoryHappenings

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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 4h
Archaeologists in Greece may have found the school where Aristotle tutored a teenage Alexander the Great: mosaic-floored halls, a 200m colonnade, and four writing styluses. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a... #aristotle #ancienthistory #alexanderthegreat #historynews #history
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Archaeologists Unearth the 2,400-Year-Old School Where Aristotle Taught Alexander to Be Great
The latest excavation at Aristotle’s gymnasium in ancient Mieza has revealed ornate, mosaic-covered halls where researchers believe Alexander the Great learned his formative lessons
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Edward T. O'Donnell, Historian-at-Large @inthepastlane.bsky.social · 19h
Cherokee Nation advocates for federal memorial in Tulsa's Greenwood District/Black Wall Street www.kosu.org/tulsa-greenw...
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Cherokee Nation advocates for federal memorial in Tulsa's Greenwood District
Cherokee Nation is asking Congress to create a national monument dedicated to Tulsa’s Greenwood District, which would help preserve the history of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 17h
Archaeologists in Iowa are uncovering the lives behind America’s railroad boom. A dig in Sioux City is investigating camps where 350–400 laborers lived, including segregated Italian, Black & other worker camps. archaeology.org/news/2026/10... #history #railroad #archaeology #historynews #ushistory
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News - 20th-Century Railroad Worker Camp Found in Iowa - Archaeology Magazine
SIOUX CITY, IOWA—Siouxland Public Media reports that traces of a worker camp have been uncovered […]
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 18h
The Berlin Wall opened on November 9, 1989—but Germany was still divided. Then, at midnight on October 3, 1990, the Unification Treaty took effect and Germany was formally reunited. October 3 is still celebrated as German Unity Day. #GermanReunification #BerlinWall #ColdWarHistory #OnThisDay
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 23h
The Smithsonian⁠� and Library of Congress are using AI to reconnect Revolutionary-era artifacts with newspapers, letters and pension files scattered across collections. apnews.com/article/arti... #ai #historynews #historicalresearch #history #americanrevolution
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How the Smithsonian is using AI to connect artifacts from the American Revolution
The Smithsonian Institution is using artificial intelligence to better understand its collection related to the American Revolution.
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Casey Schmitt @csschmitt.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hey historians! Check out this incredible CFP and please share!🗃️ atlanticexchanges.wm.edu/home-2/2027-...
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2027 Workshop Call for Proposals - Atlantic Exchanges Workshop
Atlantic Exchanges 2027 Slavery and the Commercial Machinery of Empires The Atlantic Exchanges Workshop invites proposals for its second edition, […]
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
DID YOU KNOW? The Eiffel Tower was supposed to be temporary... It was built for the 1889 World's Fair with a permit of about 20 years, and it was kept partly because it turned out to be useful as a radio antenna. #history #france #frenchhistory #eiffeltower #parishistory #didyouknow
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
South Korean soldiers searching for landmines uncovered something very different: Korea’s oldest surviving gunpowder weapon. gizmodo.com/south-korean... #history #historynews #asianhistory
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South Korean Troops Thought They Found a Landmine. It Was a 600-Year-Old Gun
The exact date of the firearm is up for debate, but the discovery sets back the history of guns in Korea by 100 years.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Norway's rapidly melting Jotunheimen ice has revealed 48 prehistoric arrows. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/arch... #climatehistory #historynews #history
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Norway's rapidly melting Jotunheimen ice has revealed 48 prehistoric arrows; the oldest are 5,000-6,000 years old as archaeologists race to recover them before exposure destroys them
Norway’s rapidly retreating mountain ice has revealed 48 prehistoric arrows, including one estimated to be between 5,000 and 6,000 years old, as archaeologists race to recover artefacts before exposur...
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A diver in Wisconsin has discovered a 1,000-year-old Indigenous dugout canoe beneath Pewaukee Lake. www.wpr.org/news/diver-d... #history #historynews #canoe #wisconsin #archaeology
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Diver discovers 1,000-year-old dugout canoe in southeastern Wisconsin lake
An ancient dugout canoe found in Pewaukee Lake in southeastern Wisconsin is estimated to be around 1,000 years old.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The Milwaukee Art Museum Just Returned Two Ceramics Made by Enslaved Potter David Drake to His Descendants www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t... #blackhistory #publichistory #afamhistory
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The Milwaukee Art Museum Just Returned Two Ceramics Made by Enslaved Potter David Drake to His Descendants
The two vessels, one of them a signed 1855 jar, are the latest to be reinstituted to Drake’s family, who are on a mission to acquire the works of their ancestor
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When historians reflect on this regime, cruelty will be the word most often used to define it. www.commondreams.org/news/trump-dep…
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'Monstrous' US Deportation Hearings for Children Who 'Have No One' Shock Consciences | Common Dreams
Children as young as 3 facing deportation orders without legal representation in immigration court hearings. How can we
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Archaeologists digging beneath Bath’s elegant 18th-century Assembly Rooms have found something much older: Roman ditches, coins, pottery, glass, roof tiles—and part of a military helmet. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/w... #history #archaeology #discovery
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When Jane Austen Took a Turn About the Ballroom in Bath, Ancient Roman Artifacts Were Hiding Beneath Her Feet. Now, Archaeologists Have Finally Found Them
Recent excavations at the Bath Assembly Rooms in England revealed Roman-era coins, roof tiles, pottery, glassware, a network of ditches and a fragment of a military helmet
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Timeline cleanse! 🐕✨ A charming Egyptian dog figurine made of faience, dating 2120–1795 BC. An adorable glimpse into the past 😊 On display at Neues Museum Berlin.
Small blue dog figurine with irregular black spots, standing in profile and facing right, displayed in a museum case.
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David Monroe @davidmonroe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
IndyStar produced a video feature on the Indianapolis City-County Archives, highlighting our city's first Archivist in forty years and how Jordan and her small team are expanding the collections. #historysky
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Who preserves Indy's history? Meet the first city archivists in 40 years.
City-county archivists Jordan Ryan and Deedee Davis have spent 3 years building an archive inside Marion County's abandoned court rooms downtown.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A nor’easter just uncovered a piece of Nantucket’s maritime past. Wooden wreckage exposed on the beach is believed to be from the Warren Sawyer, a schooner wrecked there in 1884. abcnews.com/US/shipwreck... #shipwreck #historynews #noreaster
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Shipwreck uncovered on Nantucket shore amid nor'easter storms
A large piece of the Warren Sawyer, a schooner that wrecked in 1884, is believed to have been uncovered in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Researchers recovered 48 prehistoric arrows from Jotunheimen this season—including one roughly 5,000–6,000 years old. archaeologymag.com/2026/09/5000... #norway #history #archaeology #prehistoric #ancienthistory
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5,000-year-old arrow emerges as Norway’s melting mountain ice reveals older archaeological finds | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A 5,000-year-old arrow is among 48 prehistoric finds recovered as melting ice reveals older archaeology in Norway’s Jotunheimen mountains.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Two hundred years ago, Capri’s Blue Grotto was “rediscovered” for European travelers—and quickly became a 19th-century tourism phenomenon. A bicentennial exhibition now explores that transformation, while also recovering the cave’s much older history. www.ad-hoc-news.de/unterhaltung... #history
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Blue Grotto exhibition runs until 18 October 2026
The Blue Grotto exhibition in Capri runs until 18 October 2026, with artefacts, documents and an aug
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
New tee in the shop! www.etsy.com/listing/4535... #whiskeyrebellion #history #ushistory
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George Washington Old Fashioned Whiskey Rebellion Shirt, Vintage History Buff Tee - Etsy
This Gender-Neutral Adult T-shirts item by HistoryHappenings has 2 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Charlotte, NC. Listed on Jul 10, 2026
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Royal Institution @rigb.org · 25/09/2026
Just how old is human music? 🎵 We know that early humans and Neanderthals communicated through a system known as "musilanguage”. Archaeologist Steven Mithen will present the science supporting the idea that music is an integral part of our evolution. www.rigb.org/whats-on/did...
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Did Neanderthals hum? The musicality of early humans
From Neanderthal hums to ancient instruments: Steven Mithen explores the origins of music and its role in hu
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a small and ancient figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Danish Mesolithic period. The museum lighting makes the amber glow translucent orange against a dark display case background. The bear is displayed on a small metal stand viewed in profile facing right. The ears, muzzle, and mouth are defined. The neck has a polished groove suggesting it was once suspended on a cord. The characteristic shoulder hump of a brown bear is clearly defined. There are some finely incised horizontal lines along the belly. The legs are incomplete. Length 6.5cm. Amber has many properties which may have been associated with 'magic' for ancient peoples. For example, when rubbed against fur, amber produces static electricity which can give off sparks in the dark, make hair stand on end, and attract small things towards it.
The bear was found in 1991 on a west coast beach of the Danish North Sea island of Fanø. It is one of a small number of amber animal figurines from the Baltic Sea region which have been assigned to the Mesolithic period by means of a typo-chronological approach and /or other contextual information.
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Nathan Francis @nathanfrancis79.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
📜 #OTD in the #History of #Archaeology 27 September 1822, Jean-François Champollion demonstrated a draft translation of the famous #RosettaStone, thereby unlocking the history of #AncientEgypt, beginning the decipherment of voluminous hieroglyphics preserved for the ages.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Archaeologists have uncovered a massive wall that may be the first physical evidence of the Gaulish settlement of Lutetia described by Julius Caesar. www.culture.gouv.fr/regions/drac... #frenchhistory #historynews #discover
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Découverte archéologique majeure à Paris : le rempart de la Lutèce gauloise mis au jour | Ministère de la Culture
Un mur de tradition gauloise a été découvert dans une cour de l’Hôtel-Dieu AP-HP (4ᵉ arrondissement). Mis au jour lors d’une fouille archéologique menée par la Ville de Paris et l’Inrap sur prescripti...
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Jes Malitoris @jeswrites.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina is petitioning in an effort to add a historical marker recognizing the Nation in Robeson County. The initial request was denied, and the petition is one step in appealing. #NorthCarolinaHistory #PublicHistory #NativeHistory #IndigenousHistory buff.ly/epGIFO4
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Reconsider the Denial of the Tuscarora Nation of North Carolina Highway Historical Marker
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A major new exhibition on Shaker history opens today at the Milwaukee Art Museum. The exhibition explores a community that built its material culture around communal labor, simplicity, equality, and religious purpose. mam.org/info/pressro... #publichistory #shakers #historynews
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Milwaukee Art Museum Presents The Shakers: A World in the Making | Milwaukee Art Museum Pressroom
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 24/09/2026
#OtD 24 Sep 1883 during his Address to the National Convention of Colored Men in Kentucky, Frederick Douglass criticised trade unions that refused to organise Black workers. But most unions continued to be whites-only, with exceptions like the @IWW. stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9696...
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Indiana is expanding its effort to preserve Black history. Its Black Heritage Preservation Program has named André Myers as its new director and expanded to 2 full-time staff. www.indianalandmarks.org/2026/09/indi... #blackhistory #publichistory
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Indiana Landmarks names new Black Heritage Preservation Program director - Indiana Landmarks
André Myers named director as program grows to two full-time staff members
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Five pieces of 2,700-year-old Cretan armor are heading home to Greece after new provenance research linked them to an illegal 1964 excavation at Afrati. #publichistory #artifacts #archaeology www.metmuseum.org/it/press-rel...
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Digital Museum of the History of NY @dmhjny.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A different back-to-school story: following the 1942 removal of Japanese Americans from the West Coast, the National Japanese American Student Relocation Council helped incarcerated students transfer to colleges outside the military zone. Exhibit: linktr.ee/thedmhjny #BackToSchool #AAPIHistory
Three images on the right of the page, top image is the Tanaka family at the main entrance of the Mt. Sinai hospital where they're employed, middle image is of Ken Shimizu representing the young people of New York City's famous Riverside Church. The bottom photo on the right is of Chiyeko Fukuoka leaving the New York Public Library.  The long photo on the left is "How to Help Japanese American Student Relocation".  The title of the page is "Back to School Season: Leaving Camp for School."
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This weekend, 200+ museums, parks, libraries & historic sites will take part in “We Want More History,” a new national weekend of public history. www.historians.org/news/america... #history #publichistory #museumstudies
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Americans Want More History! A National Weekend of History Programming
Americans Want More History! A National Weekend of History Programming
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ten years ago this week, the National Museum of African American History & Culture opened on the National Mall. nmaahc.si.edu/events/colle... #blackhistory #history #smithsonian #publichistory #ushistory
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Collecting National Memories: Celebrating 10 Years at NMAAHC Pathway Tour Vol. 1
Collecting National Memories: Celebrating 10 Years at NMAAHC Pathway Tour Vol. 1
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A new fragment of the Treaty of Kadesh has been identified at Hattusa, the ancient Hittite capital in Türkiye. greekreporter.com/2026/09/22/p... #history #ancienthistory #archeology
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3,000-Year-Old Peace Treaty Fragment Found in Hittite Capital Hattusa - GreekReporter.com
Archaeologists in Turkey have found a new fragment of the Kadesh Peace Treaty containing ancient provisions on people seeking refuge.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Always love a new museum! lucasmuseum.org/press/lucas-... #museum #arthistory #art
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Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Opens to the Public on September 22, 2026 - Lucas Museum of Narrative Art
100,000 Square Feet of Artworks, Continuous Film Screenings, Free Research Library, and Destination Restaurant Greet the Public in Landmark Building, Designed by Ma Yansong Monumental Park and Gard...
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A new exhibition in Washington is using quilts to tell the story of the Second Great Migration. nmwa.org/exhibitions/... #blackhistory #ushistory #westernhistory
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Routed West: Twentieth-Century African American Quilts in California | Exhibition | National Museum of Women in the Arts
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Nearly 80 years after WWII, ownership of Nazi-looted art is still being contested. New lawsuits seek the return of works—including Cranach’s Adam and Eve. It’s a reminder that an artwork’s history includes not only who made it, but who lost it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/19/a... #arthistory #history
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New Bid to Claim Cranach Paintings Held by Norton Simon Museum
Courts have upheld the museum’s title to the paintings once looted by the Nazis, but a lawsuit seeks to press forward with the claim under a new California law.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Given current events, this seems like a good time for a reminder that, in 1798, President John Adams signed the Sedition Act, making it a federal crime to publish writings critical of the government. Historians often view this as one of his worst mistakes... #SeditionAct #FreedomOfThePress #History
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Houston’s historic Harper School has been largely demolished. Built in 1927 to educate Black children under segregation, it was one of the last physical remnants of the Black community of Chaneyville. www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston... #civilrights #segregation #historynews #blackhistory
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Houston salvages historic relics from Harper School demolition. What survived?
The city plans to display the artifacts outside the African American History Research Center at the Gregory School.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A remarkable act of historical preservation is getting a major new exhibition in New York. mjhnyc.org/exhibitions/... #history #ww2 #holocaust #jewishhistory #archive
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Will These Words Reach You?|The Underground Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Will These Words Reach You tells the remarkable story of the Oyneg Shabes Archive, a secret effort to document Jewish life inside the Warsaw Ghetto during the Holocaust. Led by historian Dr. Emanuel R...
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Exclusive: Building at one of S.F.’s most historic intersections is getting a transformation www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/k... #sanfrancisco #publichistory #history
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Exclusive: Building at one of S.F.’s most historic intersections is getting a transformation
This iconic building in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district will be transformed into a cultural center with music classes, rooftop performances and a broadcast studio and concert space.
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A remarkable piece of Mexican history is back in Mexico for the first time since it left the country in 1840. The Codex Azcatitlan went on display yesterday at Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology. #History #Mexica #AztecHistory
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
In case anyone needed a reminder of what a fuel crisis looks like in the U.S. #iranwar #1970s #gasoline
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
One of the perks about being a 19th century historian... I actually can remember a time when the country was more divided. #civilwar #ushistory #historian
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Glory Charge: Civil War Union Attack
ALT: Glory Charge: Civil War Union Attack
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A secret draft of the U.S. Constitution—covered with George Washington’s handwritten notes—is on public display for the first time. The pages show something easy to forget: the Constitution wasn’t simply written; it was debated and revised before delegates signed it. #ushistory #historynews
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A Keith Haring mural painted with Philadelphia teenagers in 1987 just moved closer to landmark status. We the Youth was created for the Constitution’s bicentennial. If designated, it would become Philadelphia’s first outdoor mural protected as a historic landmark. #philly #arthistory #streetart
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
At dawn on this day in 1810, a parish priest, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, rang a church bell in a small Mexican town — and set off an 11-year war that ended 300 years of Spanish rule. #mexicanhistory #history #GritodeDolores
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
National Hispanic Heritage Month begins today—but its roots go back to 1968, when Congress authorized Hispanic Heritage Week amid the civil-rights era. Sept. 15 was chosen because it coincides with the independence anniversaries of several Latin American nations. #HispanicHeritage #LatinoHistory
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Tomorrow marks 59 years since the Smithsonian opened the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum in a converted D.C. theater. Built with deep community involvement, it helped redefine what a museum could be. #museum #history #smithsonian #museumhistory #ushistory
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
FYI: The name "Ontario" comes from the Wendat (Huron) word Ontarí:io, meaning "great lake" or "beautiful lake." The lake had a name long before the United States existed. #ontario #lakeontario #history #nativehistory #wendatpeople
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
On September 13, 1759, British and French forces met outside Quebec City in the Battle of the Plains of Abraham—a clash that lasted less than an hour but helped reshape the future of North America. #PlainsOfAbraham #SevenYearsWar #OnThisDay #CanadianHistory #QuebecCity
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histhapp.bsky.social @histhapp.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Archaeologists excavating a Bronze Age kurgan, or burial mound, in the Sariyokhush area have uncovered the approximately 3,600-year-old burial of an apparently high-status warrior. #history #historynews #archaeology
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