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G A Di Gregorio

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"Chiefly tending to explode popular superstitions"-Historian, archaeologist, lecturer. 2x Telly Award winner.

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Some new #HistoryShorts posted today The Electoral College youtu.be/SlGJUvmvd80 Frances Perkins and the New Deal youtu.be/bgheqF5Jy4Y

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Retweeting this because...read the first paragraph. Democratic systems of government are vulnerable to demagogues because we, the people have the power, and can be misled by "despotic" and "desperate" men. Happy Birthday Hamilton.

Retweeting this because...read the first paragraph.

Democratic systems of government are vulnerable to demagogues because we, the people have the power, and can be misled by "despotic" and "desperate" men. 

Happy Birthday Hamilton.
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Just posted a new #HistoryShorts video, telling the story of early civil rights pioneer Elizabeth Jennings youtu.be/i0eiLXfVTLQ

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Here are a couple of recent #HistoryShorts I've done. A look at a political insurrection in US history #Wilmington #NC youtu.be/6GzRI5KTZxk And a brief discussion of Frederick Douglass's early public career youtu.be/1UL3PPck9eg NewBedfordNPS

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Just posted a new #HistoryShorts video about #HarryTruman #EO9981 and the #desegregation of the US military youtu.be/uX3qxa761uY

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Just posted another #HistoryShorts video. This time I discuss the life and career of Dr. Mabel Ping-Hua Lee. youtu.be/I8J9_x2XNnU

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I wanted to say a couple things about a historical figure who used to be on my Memory Day Calendar (for his June 1 birthday), why I removed him, & the difference between history & commemoration: Supreme Court Justice John Marshall Harlan. #twitterstorians

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A couple of new #HistoryShorts. The 1st looks at the strange story of how St. Mark ended up in Venice youtu.be/Wc4NB1jRXAM The 2nd is about the Great Stink of London youtu.be/uVrTmkRoCkc

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A couple of new #HistoryShorts for the end of the semester youtu.be/thwn68fYHcE looks at the first witch trials in British America (NOT Salem) Connecticut History Connecticut's Old State House youtu.be/1DpHjVsfJN0 tells the story of Violet Jessup #unsinkable

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Since today is the anniversary of the assassination of President Lincoln, here is a #HistoryShorts video I made a few years ago about one of the other victims of that tragedy: Major Rathbone youtu.be/Ily6SeRWrq4 #Lincoln Ford's Theatre NPS

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In the book that inspired the Museum’s special exhibit, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, Dr. Julie Winch’s A Gentleman of Color details the extraordinary lives of James Forten and his descendants. #ReadtheRevolution excerpt: bit.ly/3mdvqHl

In the book that inspired the Museum’s special exhibit, Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, Dr. Julie Winch’s A Gentleman of Color details the extraordinary lives of James Forten and his descendants.

#ReadtheRevolution excerpt: bit.ly/3mdvqHl