United States History and Geography – BTW

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We the People

July 4, 2017 btwuser 0

We live in a country where it is easy to take our freedom for granted. But the concept that the government must answer to its […]

Fidel Castro in the airport terminal in Washington, D.C. in the 1960s

Fidel Castro Dies at Age 90

November 30, 2016 btwuser 0

Fidel Castro, the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2006, died last Friday. He was 90 years old. His 47-year time in office was the longest […]

UNITED STATES - JUNE 15: Protesters supporting Sen. Chris Murphy's filibuster on gun laws march onto the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday night, June 15, 2016. Bill Clark/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/metadata/Index/CQPHO-AP-A-POL-DC-United-States-Sen-Chris-Murp-/1f5ee10257bf4a388335434366e1a33e/1/0.

A Look at the Filibuster

June 23, 2016 btwuser 0

While gun control has always been a hot topic, the debate is now reaching a new boiling point. Three days after the mass killings in Orlando on […]

Three members of a racially mixed group of college student "freedom riders" catch a nap on May 20, 1961 in the Birmingham bus station after they were thwarted several times in attempts to board busses to Montgomery. Left to right are Susan Hermann, Etta Simpson and Frederick Leonard. All attend college in Nashville, Tenn. © Horace Cort/AP Images. http://www.apimages.com/Search?query=6105200114&ss=10&st=kw&entitysearch=&toItem=18&orderBy=Oldest

Black History is American History

February 11, 2016 btwuser 0

For the first time in history, more than half of children born in America (according to the 2012 US Census Bureau) are minorities. As the […]

Remembering a Nation’s Mourning

May 3, 2015 btwuser 0

The Sesquicentennial (150th) anniversary of the Civil War has reached its final year. Commemorative events have been taking place across the country since 2011. These […]