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Battle of Waterloo
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Mercer It is an unspeakable delight to leave that field of battle behind.
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:30PM -
Mercer I can scarcely believe the last 4 days other than a troubled dream; but there is the battlefield, still encumbered with the slain.
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:20PM -
Mercer The cheerful sunbeams play amongst the leaves & branches overhead. Farmers commence their daily labours. All is peace & rural tranquillity.
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:15PM -
Mercer We are in movement on the road to Nivelles, amidst crowds of stragglers, all pushing forward.
Mon, Jun 20, 2011 12:00PM
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. An Imperial French army under the command of Emperor Napoleon was defeated by combined armies of the Seventh Coalition, an Anglo-Allied army under the command of the Duke of Wellington combined with a Prussian army under the command of Gebhard von Blücher. It was the culminating battle of the Waterloo Campaign and Napoleon's last. The defeat at Waterloo put an end to Napoleon's rule as Emperor of the French and marked the end of his Hundred Days' return from exile.
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Freedom Riders
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Leo Lillard Finally reached our destination. We're in one piece, relieved nothing went wrong.
Fri, Jun 02, 1961 02:33PM -
Leo Lillard Just heard on the radio that the authorities found out we're heading for Birmingham instead of Nashville. Hope this doesn't cause any problems.
Fri, Jun 02, 1961 01:52PM -
Leo Lillard We're on the road now, I've told them to keep their heads down when we pass another car in case of police or Klan members.
Fri, Jun 02, 1961 01:42PM -
Leo Lillard I've picked up the Freedom Riders. I told them I made the 90 mile trip in an hour haha.
Fri, Jun 02, 1961 01:14PM
Freedom riders were civil rights activists that rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States to test the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia. The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C., on May 4, 1961.
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The Titanic
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Harold Bride Carpathia wireless operator is overloaded, so I'm going to help.
Mon, Apr 15, 1912 12:49AM -
Charles Lightoller Carpathia is here. We are rescued!
Mon, Apr 15, 1912 12:06AM -
Harold Bride The Carpathia has arrived. Climbing the rope ladder in spite of terrible pain in my feet.
Sun, Apr 14, 1912 11:59PM -
Charles Lightoller We've been picked up by lifeboat 12. It's designed to hold 65, we're now at 75.
Sun, Apr 14, 1912 11:29PM
The Titanic will sail again . . . and then it will sink again! Join the crew of the Titanic as they relive that fateful April night in 1912.
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1847 Pioneer Trek
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Erastus Snow Had an excellent meeting. All feel satisfied that the Lord had led us to this very Spot for a Stake of Zion.
Sun, Jul 25, 1847 03:12PM -
Erastus Snow We have the creek dammed up and water turned onto our land and several acres of Potatoes & early corn Planted.
Sat, Jul 24, 1847 09:12PM -
George A. Smith Water let on the ground. Towards evening a slight shower.
Sat, Jul 24, 1847 07:49PM -
Lorenzo Young my feelings were such as I cannot describe. every thing looked gloomy and I felt heart sick
Sat, Jul 24, 1847 06:35PM
In April 1847, a group of Mormon pioneers left Omaha, Nebraska and headed west. Their group consisted of 147 men, three women, and two children. Their journey would cover more than 1,000 miles, and cross the Rocky Mountains. This small group would pave the way for more than 70,000 people to make the same journey. Pioneers would continue to cross the plains for over two decades until the First Transcontinental Railroad was completed in 1869.