I have the military commission for one of my ancestors from 17044mo ⋅ MantisAwakening ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
November 19, 1863, 159 years ago today, Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address1yr ⋅ RallyPigeon ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Dead people and horses lie outside the National Palace in Mexico City during the 1913 “Ten Tragic Days,” a period during the Mexican Revolution in which the military overthrew Mexican leader Francisco Madero. After Madero’s overthrow, the country dissolved into chaos.1yr ⋅ Paul-Belgium ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
TDIH: July 22, 1587, English colonists arrive at the island of Roanoke, Virginia, in an attempt to found the first permanent English settlement in North America. It would become known as The Lost Colony after its governor returned to the settlement several years later and found it deserted.1yr ⋅ Aboveground_Plush ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Elizabeth II, standing besides Brazilian dictator, Gen. Costa e Silva in 1968. A month before the Intitutional Act 5 was enacted, leading to torture and missing people, which led to the so called years of Lead of the Military Dictatorship.1yr ⋅ WinterPlanet ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Portugal defeats troops of the Dutch West India Company in the Battle of Guararapes in Pernambuco, Brazil - 16491yr ⋅ Aboveground_Plush ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Taino names of the Caribbean islands, based on research by historian Jalil Sued-Badillo2yr ⋅ Aboveground_Plush ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island, August 1664 - Looking north down Broadway one block south of the Wall. On the right is the cemetery towards the Hudson River while the Fort is visible at the end of the street in front of the harbor. illustration from an original 3D model @NYCFireMuseum.org1yr ⋅ Impressive_Run_6557 ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
On this day, in 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in their famous duel at Weehawken, New Jersey. Hamilton died from his wound the following day.4yr ⋅ herefromifunny ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
See, El is Kabir, and despiseth not any; He is Kabir in ko'ach lev (strength of understanding) Kabir is God and despises no one. In all Bible translations, the word Kabir is translated as great or mighty, whereas Kabir is the name of the Supreme God mentioned in every scripture.4yr ⋅ Rocky_dhawan ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
From Washington to Trump, a facemorph time-lapse of every USA President [x-post /r/DataArt]6yr ⋅ jmerlinb ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Because I'm obsessed with Hamilton (and alternate history, for that matter), I wonder, if Alexander Hamilton had survived his duel with Aaron Burr and/or decided not to publish the Reynolds Pamphlet, would he have been elected as President, and what kind of President would be have been?3yr ⋅ Careless_College ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Could anyone tell me much about this card? It's my great great grandfathers, who was from Texas. Now, i'm an Australian and don't know much about American politics. What was the democratic party like in the 30's, especially the party in Texas? and what was a commissioner of a precinct.4yr ⋅ Mann_Aus_Sydney ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Malcolm X holding an M1 Carbine while pulling back the curtains to look out of a window at his home in Queens, New York City in 1964. Photo taken by Don Hogan Charles for Ebony Magazine.4yr ⋅ timdoyler ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
159 Years Ago this week, Mississippi announced it was seceding to protect slavery4yr ⋅ HistoryNerd101 ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Does anyone recognize this fellow as a public figure? Likely a Virginian (USA).3yr ⋅ mintjulep30 ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Help investigate this photo - found in family photo album. Which war, any other details2yr ⋅ PoshSpice1218 ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
[x-post /r/DataArt] 200 years of United States immigration visualized as the rings of a tree5yr ⋅ jmerlinb ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
George Lincoln Rockwell Had to be the single most retarded man in te whole of North America.4yr ⋅ Ibrahim-al-Walid ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
My ancestor Zbigniew Stefanski saved Captain John Smith (who was involved with Pocahontas) from being murdered in 16096yr ⋅ KINGBOSS94 ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Five of my relatives fought in the Civil war, they were all brothers. Four were my uncles while one is my Great (x4) grandfather. They were all union solides and they all survived. One of them even wrote and published stories of their service which I might share later.4yr ⋅ CookieSnStone ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
So I found these in the dumpster books while taking out the trash...6yr ⋅ MaxDykstra ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
I went to an abandoned grave yard in SC to find this. It's the only perfectly intact headstone and is perfectly manicured. Thank you random person for taking care of him/her!!11yr ⋅ SmilieLyllie ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Found this among my parents' photo slides I was scanning. Could be from a racial riot in the US sometime between 1950-1970?12yr ⋅ leseesel ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
Can anyone help me identify this symbol on an old Confederate sword?9yr ⋅ crossjbeer ⋅ r/AmericanHistory
