USFWS History
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Sharing more than 150 years of history from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Museum and Archives at the National Conservation Training Center in Shepherdstown, WV. Focusing on American conservation history, wildlife history, and environmental history.
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#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1917: Imprisoned suffragists are subjected to brutal beatings, torture and abuse by guards at the Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia. The event galvanized public support for the women’s suffrage movement and led to the women’s release two weeks later. /1
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Today in History: November 14, 1960 Six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans.
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Tonight in 1940 the medieval city of Coventry was smashed by a Luftwaffe raid. Today the ruined cathedral stands as a memorial, around it fragments of its historic environment survive. Here is the History Hit film on the raid. access.historyhit.com/videos/the-n...
Show Post#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1923: James Montgomery, a Black WWI veteran and factory worker with no police record, is accused of rape by Mamie Snow, a mentally disabled white woman. Montgomery was convicted and spent more than 25 years in prison before his conviction was overturned. /1
Show Post#ResistanceRoots Today in history, 1969: The second Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam attracts more than 500,000 demonstrators, making it one of the largest protests in U.S. history. The aim was to pressure the Nixon administration to withdraw U.S. military forces from the conflict. /1
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