Today is the 159th anniversary of Ulysses Grant's defeat of the US secessionist slavery movement's paramilitary arm. Please celebrate accordingly. #History #CivilWar #Histodons
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Today in Labor History June 2, 1863: Backed by three gunboats, Harriet Tubman and her force of 300 black soldiers, freed 800 slaves in the Combahee River Raid, South Carolina. Furthermore, they set fire to the plantations and destroyed millions of dollars-worth of stores, cotton and homes of the wealthy, without losing a single person. Additionally, it was the only military engagement in American history where a woman, black or white, “led the raid and under whose inspiration it was originated and conducted.” Tubman devised her war strategy after repeatedly penetrating across enemy lines and spying on Confederate troop movements. In the aftermath, Confederate Captain John F. Lay said, “The enemy seems to have been well posted as to the character and capacity of our troops and their small chance of encountering opposition, and to have been well guided by persons thoroughly acquainted with the river and country.” Most Americans know of Tubman’s role in the Underground Railroad. However, she was also a spy for the Union Army. And in the late 1850s, she helped John Brown plan his raid on Harper’s Ferry and recruit supporters for the raid.
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From Decoration Day to Memorial Day
Decoration Day started after the Civil War and eventually became Memorial Day.
Posted by: Neely Tucker
https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2025/05/from-decoration-day-to-memorial-day/
Grave of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery, Washington, D. C.
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MEMORIAL DAY was NOT created to celebrate all US veterans. it was created to remember the +600,000 Americans killed during the Civil War.
there were no fixed federal dates for #MemorialDay and states & localities had their own; but the earliest recorded mass commemoration was organized by formerly enslaved African Americans:
“The Forgotten Black History of How Memorial Day Started” https://time.com/5836444/black-memorial-day/
never forget today is about the #CivilWar against the slave-owning #oligarchy
Disgusting. Outrageous. Unacceptable.
#Trump said he would "take a look at" #pardons for 2 men #convicted of conspiring to #kidnap & #murder #Michigan Governor #GretchenWhitmer in 2020.
Barry Croft Jr. & Adam Fox were found guilty as the leaders of an anti-government #extremists group who wanted to grab Whitmer, a #Democrat, at her vacation home, kill her & start a #CivilWar.
#law #RevengePolitics #PoliticalViolence
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-says-will-take-look-possible-pardons-men-convicted-plotting-kidn-rcna209512