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Gold Discovery Caused Desertions

3/30/2016

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Because of the discovery of gold in California in 1848, nearby soldiers and sailors deserted their military positions to hunt for wealth. 

Leonard L. Richards, The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007), 13.
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From Obscurity to Nomination

3/23/2016

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Jimmy Carter won the Democratic Party’s nomination for president in 1976 despite polling as low as 1% in January of that year. 

Elaine C. Kamarck, Primary Politics: Everything You Need to Know About How America Nominates Its Presidential Candidates (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2016), 57.
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Gifts from Lewis

3/16/2016

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On his famous expedition west, Meriwether Lewis brought gifts for Indians including beads, looking glasses, curtain rings, and coins. 

Donald Barr Chidsey, Lewis and Clark: The Great Adventure (New York: Crown Publishers, Inc., 1972), 33. 
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Family and Dinner

3/9/2016

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On April 19, 1775, after John Hancock fled Lexington, MA to avoid being captured by the British, from his new hideout he sent for his aunt, fiance, and the freshly caught salmon he had planned to eat for dinner.  

David Hackett Fischer, Paul Revere's Ride (New York: Oxford University Press, 1994), 179.  
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Truman's Road Trip

3/2/2016

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During the summer of 1953 after President Harry Truman left office, he took a road trip with his wife from their home in Independence, MO to the east coast and back. 

Matthew Algeo, Harry Truman’s Excellent Adventure: The True Story of a Great American Road Trip (Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2009), 2. 
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