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Welcome to PastPresent, the blog from the History and Languages Room at Central Library, where our focus is on connecting history with our daily lives and the world around us. Discover information about current events and history, as well as posts about our extensive history collection.
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By pastpresentDecember 18, 2019
The Boll Weevil Monument in the town of Enterprise in Coffee County, Alabama
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By pastpresentNovember 1, 2019
Remember, remember the fifth of November the gunpowder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot. Those who know th
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By pastpresentOctober 6, 2019
It is the eighteen hundreds and a strange disease is sweeping New England. People are getting sick and slowly wasting away. The disease is called "Consumption"
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By pastpresentSeptember 5, 2019
Raines law was a liquor tax intended to reduce the consumption of alcohol in New York. The law was authored by John Raines and passed in March of 1896.
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Becoming American series of films and programs starting in June
By pastpresentJune 6, 2019
Please join us for the upcoming "Becoming American" series of documentaries and discussions on immigration.
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The Wars of the Roses: the real life Game of Thrones
By pastpresentMay 14, 2019
With the last episode of Game of Thrones approaching, you may feel that you've already lived through as much subterfuge, twists, turns, thrills, horror and heartbreak. If not, however, try The Wars of the Roses.
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The 1919 Stanley Cup
As our beloved St. Louis Blues once again head into playoff hockey, we look back at 1919, a year without a Stanley Cup champion. Hockey was a lot different 100
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Beware the Ides of March?
By pastpresentMarch 13, 2019
Everyone has heard "beware the Ides of March" but have you ever stopped to consider: what exactly is an "ides" and why should we beware of them in March?
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From Julian to Gregory, and the correction of 10 days
By pastpresentFebruary 25, 2019
On February 24, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII corrected mistakes on the Julian calendar, effectively putting into a place a New Style, or what we call a Gregorian, calendar.
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The Halifax Explosion
On the morning of December 6th 1917, the largest man made explosion up until the atomic bomb happened near Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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