Tag: Congress
A Submerged House: Ironclads and the Civil War
The USS Monitor was the Navy’s first ironclad vessel, but it was not the only one in Civil War waters. The Virginia had started life in 1855 as the Merrimack, a Union ship that had been burned to the waterline, sunk, and abandoned in the Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA. The Confederates raised what [...]
Posted by Hilary on March 9, 2011, under - Civil War.
Tags: blockade, Confederate, Congress, Cumberland, frigate, Gosport Navy Yard, Hampton Roads, Merrimac, Monitor, New York Times, Norfolk, Union
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Cloudy with a chance of records
Weather has been front-page news across the country for the last couple of weeks. Winter storms have left up to 50 inches of snow in places, and even in Dallas, TX, snow and ice made the Packers and Steelers feel right at home at the Super Bowl. What’s the outlook for sunshine, snow, or rain in [...]
Posted by Mary on February 9, 2011, under News and Events.
Tags: Congress, groundhog, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency, National Weather Service, Record Group 27, Record Group 370, Ulysses S. Grant, weather
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Lame ducks? Blame the Constitution.
Congress is back in town this week, and a new crop of Representives is on Capitol Hill. If you follow politics, or live in Washington, DC (and therefore hear about politics every time you turn on the news), you know that the end of 2010 meant ducks. Lame ones. This happens when Congress has to reconvene after the [...]
Posted by Hilary on January 6, 2011, under Myth or History, News and Events.
Tags: 20th Amendment, Add new tag, Clifford Berryman, Congress, Election Day, House, lame duck, Senate, Uncle Sam
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