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fromTasting Table
6 days ago

This West Virginia Tavern Was A Civil War Hangout Spot For 2 US Presidents - Tasting Table

Foster's Main Street Tavern in Beckley, West Virginia, operated as Davis Cottage during the Civil War where Union generals William McKinley and Rutherford B. Hayes strategized before both became U.S. presidents.
Law
fromFortune
3 months ago

The lawyer who literally wrote the legal terms for the end of the Civil War is finally a member of the New York State Bar, 130 years after his death | Fortune

Ely Parker, a Seneca Civil War officer and Grant aide, was posthumously admitted to the New York State Bar after denial for Native American status.
fromESPN.com
6 months ago

'There's a lot of hate:' These games define the Mizzou-Kansas rivalry

Around 5 or 5:15 p.m. local time on Saturday, the second Missouri Tigers home game of the season will go to a commercial break before the fourth quarter begins, and as has become customary in recent seasons, the Killers' "Mr. Brightside" will play over the loudspeaker. It's also become customary that the Mizzou fans in attendance at Memorial Stadium will lob f-bombs in unison at their biggest rival. For the first time, that rival will be in said stadium to hear it.
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