Recent Memorial Pages by Clio

• The Cherokee Trail of Tears

  The forced relocation of American Indians began with the Indian Removal Act of 1830. In 1838 the Cherokee Indians became the fifth major tribe to…

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  Updated 13 May 2013 - 173,435 views

  Contributions 12 images, 10 comments, 4 stories

• The Pueblo Indians

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  Updated 07 May 2013 - 8,414 views

  Contributions 7 images

• Vietnam War

  President Truman’s policy of containment led the United States into the most disliked war of the twentieth century. When North Vietnam invaded South…

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  Updated 16 Apr 2013 - 17,437 views

  Contributions 10 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• The Chippewa Indians

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  Updated 05 Apr 2013 - 5,928 views

  Contributions 3 images

• Anne Frank

  Anne Frank is probably the best-known victim of the Holocaust. As a young child, her family fled Germany for the Netherlands to escape the escalating…

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  Updated 02 Apr 2013 - 32,814 views

  Contributions 7 images, 3 comments

• Dachau Concentration Camp

  The Dachau Concentration Camp was the first Nazi camp created for political prisoners, Jews, and other so-called undesirables. At first, Dachau housed…

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  Updated 22 Mar 2013 - 17,374 views

  Contributions 18 images, 3 comments, 2 stories

• Belzec Extermination Camp

  The Belzec extermination camp was the first killing center of Operation Reinhard—the plan to murder Polish Jews in the German-occupied portions of…

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  Updated 20 Mar 2013 - 17,502 views

  Contributions 5 images

• Lincoln-Douglas Debates

  The Lincoln-Douglas debates took place in Illinois from August to October, 1858. Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas were competing for a seat in the U.S.…

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  Updated 04 Mar 2013 - 17,671 views

  Contributions 15 images, 2 comments, 1 story

• Mervyn Sharp Bennion

  Mervyn Sharp Bennion served in the United States Navy and was the Captain of the U.S.S. Virginia at Pearl Harbor. He was serving aboard his ship on the…

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  Updated 01 Feb 2013 - 182,578 views

  Contributions 2 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• The Apache Indians

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  Updated 31 Jan 2013 - 7,999 views

  Contributions 12 images, 5 comments

• Ira Hayes

  Iwo Jima Flag Raiser

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  Updated 08 Jan 2013 - 16,353 views

  Contributions 10 images, 2 stories

• John Bradley

  Iwo Jima flag raiser, and the only Naval officer of the six men.

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  Updated 08 Jan 2013 - 8,186 views

  Contributions 8 images, 2 stories

• Marilyn Monroe

  Few women captivated the world like Marilyn Monroe. During her short career she became a famous actress and a timeless symbol of beauty, but she also…

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  Updated 07 Nov 2012 - 4,796 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 comment, 2 stories

• The Choctaw Indians

  The Choctaw Indians have inhabited the Mississippi region since the pre-Columbian era. The Choctaws were considered one of the “Five Civilized Tribes”…

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  Updated 20 Oct 2012 - 24,433 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 comment, 3 stories

• The Cherokee Indians

  The Cherokee Indians are the largest Native American group in the United States today. This tribe has a unique history, culture and religion that began…

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  Updated 09 Sep 2012 - 22,493 views

  Contributions 28 images, 1 comment, 7 stories

• The War of 1812

  The War of 1812 with Britain resulted from issues of neutral world trade, conscription of U.S. men into the British Navy, and a rumored British alliance…

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  Updated 21 Jul 2012 - 22,963 views

  Contributions 9 images, 1 comment, 3 stories

• Laura Ingalls Wilder

  Laura Ingalls Wilder was raised on the American frontier. Her father Charles acquired a homestead in the American back-country that later inspired Laura…

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  Updated 15 Jun 2012 - 56,991 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 comment

• The Ratification of the Constitution of the United States

  The Constitutional Convention, also known as the Philadelphia Convention, convened with the purpose of writing a new constitution for the American nation.…

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  Updated 14 Apr 2012 - 8,769 views

  Contributions 10 images, 2 comments, 1 story

• George Washington

  George Washington sought neither greatness nor power, but during his lifetime, he held two of the most powerful and important positions in America.…

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  Updated 10 Apr 2012 - 7,249 views

  Contributions 23 images, 1 story

• The Prohibition Era, 1919-1933

  Prohibition began with temperance movements throughout the United States before the Civil War. Alcohol consumption had become closely related with poverty…

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  Updated 06 Apr 2012 - 74,542 views

  Contributions 28 images, 1 comment, 2 stories