3+ hour, 40+ min ago  (756+ words) The Russo Japanese War took place more than 120 years ago and some 5, 000 miles from the Strait of Hormuz. Everyone alive then is long dead and buried. In historical terms, it is'closer to the end of the American Revolutionary War than'to'the…...

21+ hour, 24+ min ago  (75+ words) Daily Kos Indians 101: Plateau Indian gifts (museum exhibit) The Fort Walla Walla Museum in Walla Walla, Washington, is located on the grounds of a nineteenth-century fort. The Museum's exhibits, located in five museum buildings and in the 17 buildings in the…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (452+ words) On this day in history: 1320 " The Scots reaffirmed their independence by signing the Declaration of Arbroath. 1453 " Mehmed II began his siege of Constantinople. When the city fell, it was renamed 1652 " Dutch sailor Jan van Riebeeck established a resupply camp at…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (144+ words) The Fort Walla Walla Museum in Walla Walla, Washington, is located on the grounds of a nineteenth-century fort. The Museum's exhibits, located in five museum buildings and in the 17 buildings in the Museum's Pioneer Village, display the region's history. The…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago  (112+ words) Daily Kos Before automobiles became the most popular form of transportation, people used horses: they rode on the horses, and they rode in carriages pulled by horses. One exhibit in the Montana Auto Museum in Deer Lodge, Montana, is filled…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (169+ words) Before you click away " Daily Kos is different. Almost all of our income comes from readers donating just a few dollars at a time. That makes us accountable to you'not to a billionaire backer, hedge fund, or corporate advertisers." We…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1067+ words) According to the non-Indian social philosophers, bureaucrats, and politicians of the nineteenth century, Indians were going to simply disappear. Many history books about Indians stop their stories at the end of the nineteenth century, adding to the illusion that Indians…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (43+ words) dailykos. com The Polson Flathead Lake Museum in Polson, Montana, has a military exhibit. Museums 101: Disney art in World War II (museum tour) Hall of World War II: Battle at the Bridge of Remagen (museum exhibit)...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (404+ words) On this day in history: 1689 " Kazimierz "yszczy'ski, a philosopher, was executed for being an atheist. Seems that one thing many different religious sects agree on is killing atheists 1815 " Joachim Murat issued the Rimini Proclamation, one of the earliest calls for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (160+ words) The, Fort Walla Walla Museum'in Walla Walla, Washington,'is located on the grounds of a nineteenth-century fort. The Museum's exhibits, located in five museum buildings and in the 17 buildings in the Museum's Pioneer Village, display the region's history. Pioneer Village…...