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Jul 13, 2020 Book of the Week — The Central Pacific Railroad: A Trip Across the North American Continent…

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“A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building to make it stand.” – Mark Twain The Central Pacific Railroad: A Trip Across the… New York: T. Nelson and sons, 1870 F594 C46 This is one in a series of pictorial guide-books published by T. Nelson and...

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Feb 11, 2020 We Recommend — Writing Across the Civil-Military Divide

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My wide hips raised two warriors from sweat & clay, blood sonata & birth cry. I said anger & avarice, & they called themselves Cain & Abel. I said gold, & they opened up the earth. I said love, & they ventured east & west, south & north. I said evil, &...

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Nov 11, 2019 Veterans of Utah Exhibition: Find your Major

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The Veterans of Utah exhibition on level 4 is broken into three sections: The 24th Infantry Regiment, (also known as the Buffalo Soldiers), the 442nd Regimental Combat Team (Japanese-Americans who fought in WWII), and the Fort Douglas Military Museum Ephemera gallery. These sections also include...

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Feb 24, 2017 Book of the Week — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

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“‘Let us have peace.’ The expressions of these kindly feelings were not restricted to a section of the country, nor to a division of the people. They came from individual citizens of all nationalieties; from all denominations — the Protestant, the Catholic, and the Jew;...

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