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200 years later, Fort Snelling looks for a makeover

200 years later, Fort Snelling looks for a makeover

Minnesota Historical Society officials will ask lawmakers to approve more than $30 million in next year's bonding bill for a new visitors center at Fort Snelling as the historic site's bicentennial approaches.
by Tom Weber

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Paleo people were making flour 32,000 years ago

Paleo people were making flour 32,000 years ago

Research into an ancient stone found in a cave in Italy shows Paleolithic hunter-gatherers were grinding oats and other grains for flour. It's the earliest evidence yet of food processing in Europe.
by Jeremy Cherfas

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Julian Bond narrates MPR documentary, 'O Freedom Over Me'

Julian Bond narrates MPR documentary, 'O Freedom Over Me'

A 1994 MPR documentary "O Freedom Over Me," narrated by one of Freedom Summer's principal organizers Julian Bond. Bond said the 1964 Freedom Summer was "a peaceful program to bring democracy to Mississippi."

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Julian Bond speech on justice, equality and peace

Julian Bond speech on justice, equality and peace

Remembering Julian Bond, who spent his entire adult life working for equality and justice. The civil rights leader reflected on the movements of the 1960s, in a Minnesota speech in 2008 where he said the era's greatest legacy was a questioning of authority and a repudiation of the status quo.

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Remembering Minnesota's role in the Civil War

Remembering Minnesota's role in the Civil War

The weekend celebration at Fort Snelling will honor Minnesota's role in the Civil War with a reenacment -- but it won't be a battle, it will be a homecoming.
by Tracy Mumford

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Glensheen mansion renovations complete after flood damage

Glensheen mansion renovations complete after flood damage

Major flooding in Duluth in 2012 damaged the historic Duluth tourist attraction, but workers have now finished renovations.
by Dan Kraker

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This is what the oldest playable harpsichord sounds like

The Historical Keyboard Society of North America just met at the University of South Dakota. The gathering featured a harpsichord used in the mid-1500s by the elites of Italy.

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When America's librarians went to war

When America's librarians went to war

How did librarians fit into national security in the 20th century? In an array of ways, says Cara Bertram, an archivist for the American Library Association. Libraries were established at hospitals and military bases.
by Linton Weeks

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What happened to British loyalists after the Revolutionary War?

What happened to British loyalists after the Revolutionary War?

It's estimated that between 15 and 20 percent of the population back then still remained loyal to the British Crown. Naturally, they weren't so thrilled by the climactic British surrender at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781.

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Aspen Ideas Festival: Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson

Aspen Ideas Festival: Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson

Historian Jon Meacham gives an Aspen Lecture titled, "Thomas Jefferson Then and Now: The Legacy and Lessons of an American Original." He says Thomas Jefferson was brilliant and monumental, flawed and human, a man who was in tune with the broader culture of his time.

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