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Recently, I learned that Justice Hugo Black was once a member of the KKK. With that in mind, do you know why he decided to go along with the other justices in the unanimous decision in the Brown v. Board of Education case?
I've been told the largest battle ever fought in the Western Hemisphere was fought early in the month of July. What was that battle?
I am looking for the name of the 700 foot long ship that laid the first transatlantic cable connecting Europe with North America in 1866. They also say the ship was haunted by a young boy. What is the name of this ship?
I was always told that the Liberty Bell had an inscription inside the bell. Apparently, the names of different people who helped fix the bell are there. Could you please check this out and let me know where I can look for a write up about it?
Which Supreme Court justice has served the longest tenure in history?
What candidate has run in the most U.S. presidential elections?
When was the first Macy's Parade?
I am trying to find a map of the original 13 colonies.
Where can I find official reports of coal mining accidents in the 1910's?
Who was Miranda, and where did her rights come from?
How are U.S. Navy vessels named?
What was established first-The Department of Defense or the CIA?
Can you identify and give any details of a prison fire that occurred in early 1930, before May, that took several lives? It was a disaster of such proportion that it made the news in Europe as well as in the USA.
Can you tell me what Ohio's old state capital was?
What are the oldest colleges and universities in the United States?
I was watching a movie about Pearl Harbor and it said that when the president asked for a declaration of war (against Japan) there was only one vote against it. Who was it?
The area that is the District of Columbia was originally part of what state?
What percentage of live births yearly in the United States are premature?
Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag?
I roughly recall that the motto of the U.S. Postal Service is in part, "Neither snow nor rain nor dark of night . . ." How does the rest go? Who wrote it? And where does it appear?