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Topic: American History (page 13)

A re-creation of the first ARPANET node, installed at UCLA in 1969, at ULCA's Kleinrock Internet History Center. (UCLA)

Hot new conservative lie

Alex Pareene
Abraham Lincoln (WIkipedia/Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Michael Lind
Young men registering for military conscription in New York City on June 5, 1917. (Library of Congress)

Elites' favorite bad idea

Michael Lind
A detail from John Trumball's "Declaration of Independence"

Is America exceptional?

Salon Staff
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Francis Scott Key (Wikipedia)

Francis Scott Key on trial

Jefferson Morley
(<a href='http://www.flickr.com/photos/norcaljeff/'>Jeff (norcaljeff)</a>)

Amanda Morrow
"Portrait of James Madison" by John Vanderlyn (The White House Historical Association)

The 1 percent's first fight

Salon Staff
George W. Bush (Reuters)

W: Still the worst

Robert Merry
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Jill Lepore

Death isn't what it used to be

Laura Miller
A detail from the cover of "Endowed by Our Creator: The Birth of Religious Freedom in America"

Santiago Wills
A Coast Guard ship in Baltimore on June 15.

Jefferson Morley
A detail from the cover of "Elusive Victories: The American Presidency at War"

Santiago Wills
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Russ Baker
(Library of Congress)

GOP civil rights myth

Alex Pareene

Faux history for the GOP

Warren Throckmorton
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Enrico Moretti
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Sarah Seltzer - Alternet
(Wikipedia/Salon)

Our real first gay president

Jim Loewen

Robert J.Lieber
Thomas Jefferson (White House Historical Association)

Jefferson's lifelong dream

Salon Staff
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This 1886 engraving depicts the Haymarket affair. (Wikipedia)

Jacob Remes
Claire McCaskill holds up her iPad during a hearing of the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance in May, 2011. (AP/Alex Brandon)

Can government innovate?

Michael Lind
The Tacoma Narrows Bridge known as "Galloping Gertie" during its 1940 collapse.

Megan Wood
(The White House/AP)

Our hysterical decline

Noam Chomsky
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