Recent Memorial Pages by Clio

• Bonnie & Clyde

  Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met in 1930 and formed one of the greatest crime duos in American history. Their crime spree lasted for two years, and by…

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  Updated 06 Feb 2012 - 38,109 views

  Contributions 19 images, 2 comments, 1 story

• Battle of Little Big Horn

  The Battle of Little Big Horn was a major victory for the Indians during the Great Sioux War. General Custer's 7th Cavalry suffered an embarrassing defeat…

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  Updated 04 Feb 2012 - 14,659 views

  Contributions 16 images, 2 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 02 Feb 2012 - 17,214 views

  Contributions 7 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 29 Jan 2012 - 37,185 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 comment

• The Homestead Act, 1862

  The Homestead Act of 1862 was the culmination of decades of work to organize and distribute government lands. Every 160-acre parcel largely went to new…

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  Updated 18 Jan 2012 - 81,075 views

  Contributions 13 images, 2 comments, 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 07 Jan 2012 - 48,338 views

  Contributions 28 images, 1 comment, 2 stories

• Ira Hayes

  Iwo Jima Flag Raiser

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  Updated 14 Dec 2011 - 10,207 views

  Contributions 9 images, 2 stories

• Harlon Block

  Iwo Jima Flag Raiser

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  Updated 14 Dec 2011 - 8,080 views

  Contributions 8 images, 1 story

• Rene Gagnon

  Iwo Jima Flag Raiser

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  Updated 14 Dec 2011 - 4,952 views

  Contributions 7 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• Michael Strank

  Iwo Jima Flag Raiser

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  Updated 14 Dec 2011 - 5,672 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 story

• Franklin Sousley

  Iwo Jima flag raiser

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  Updated 14 Dec 2011 - 4,529 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 story

• John Bradley

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

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  Updated 13 Dec 2011 - 4,812 views

  Contributions 7 images, 2 stories

• 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 27 Nov 2011 - 97,552 views

  Contributions 10 images, 7 comments, 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 25 Nov 2011 - 13,838 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 comment, 3 stories

• World War II

  World War II began on September 1, 1939, when Adolf Hitler invaded Poland. The United States tried to remain neutral until a crushing blow at Pearl Harbor…

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  Updated 17 Nov 2011 - 10,999 views

  Contributions 90 images, 3 comments, 1 story

• Spanish-American War

  The Spanish-American War began in the newspapers of New York. From the time the USS “Maine” exploded, yellow journalists like William R. Hearst…

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  Updated 15 Nov 2011 - 8,653 views

  Contributions 11 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• Seminole Indians

  The Seminole Indians lived mainly in Florida. Unlike other tribes that were organized along ancestral lines, the Seminole people were made up of various…

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  Updated 13 Nov 2011 - 4,089 views

  Contributions 1 image, 4 stories

• Stutthof Concentration Camp

  The Stutthof concentration camp began as civilian internment camp run by the Danzig police. On January 13, 1942, Stutthof became a concentration camp with…

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  Updated 11 Nov 2011 - 4,035 views

  Contributions 3 images, 1 story

• Thomas Paine

  Thomas Paine was born in Thetford, England, to a father who worked as a corset maker. From his beginnings, it seems unlikely that this boy would one day…

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  Updated 01 Nov 2011 - 24,692 views

  Contributions 6 images, 2 comments, 1 story

• Battle of Gettysburg

  Union and Confederate soldiers fought for three days on the bloody fields of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. While the Union could call this battle a victory,…

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  Updated 14 Oct 2011 - 51,450 views

  Contributions 50 images, 3 comments, 4 stories