The Magical History Tour

The Magical History Tour

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  • Irish Americans in World War I

    American neutrality prior to the United States entering World War I had a great deal of support. Irish Catholics who now lived in the United States did not have a particular fondness for the United States aligning itself with Great Britain. Irish Americans strongly supported neutrality in the war. Many of the Irish Catholics who […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    November 28, 2021
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  • The Bonus Army and the Great Depression

    In 1932, the United States was deep in the grips of the depression with bread riots happening throughout the country and shanty towns or Hoovervilles in many cities. “After victory in World War I, the US government promised in 1924 that servicemen would receive a bonus for their service.”[1] The 1924 act that guaranteed that […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    November 25, 2021
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  • African Americans in the World Wars: A Comparative Study

    Approximately 350,000 African American soldiers fought for the United States military in World War I. More than one million African American men and women served in the U.S. military and Women’s Army Corps during World War II. African Americans were given their first opportunity to enlist for military service in the United States at the […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    November 11, 2021
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  • The Maryland Campaign: A Historiographical Examination of the Tactical Decisions

    In September of 1862, General Robert E. Lee began a campaign into Maryland. Lee’s plans included capturing the City of Frederick, Maryland and moving east towards Baltimore and Washington. In early September, Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia numbered 70,000 soldiers among them infantry, cavalry, artillery, and support units. Lee’s troops were in poor condition, food […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    May 4, 2021
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  • The Irish at Antietam

    THE mess-tent is full, and the glasses are set,And the gallant Count Thomond is president yet;The vet’ran arose, like an uplifted lance,Crying—“Comrades, a health to the monarch of France!”With bumpers and cheers they have done as he badeFor King Louis is loved by the Irish Brigade.“A health to King James,” and they bent as they […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    March 17, 2021
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  • Women in the American Revolution

    On March 12, 1776, the Continental Congress released a public notice thanking the women who were contributing to the revolutionary cause. The notice first appeared in a Baltimore newspaper. The notice urged others to recognize women’s contributions and announced, “The necessity of taking all imaginable care of those who may happen to be wounded in […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    March 12, 2021
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  • The Treason of Aaron Burr and American Politics

    Aaron Burr was an attorney, military officer, senator, and the third Vice President of the United States, by definition a founding father of the United States. His legacy however is forever tarnished by his actions at Weehawken, New Jersey where he shot and killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. His legacy became further tarnished when […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    February 26, 2021
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  • The Movement of the Lenni Lenape and Colonialism

    The Lenni Lenape people were the primary inhabitants of the area that is now Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware prior to European arrival and settlement. As the Europeans began to resettle and expand their settlements, the Lenni Lenape were unsettled by the encroachment and began to move their settlements further west. The arrival of William Penn […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    February 15, 2021
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  • Colonel George Croghan: Diplomat and Intercultural Advisor

                George Croghan was a fur-trader who moved to the Pennsylvania colony in 1741 leaving his home in Ireland. Croghan’s ability to navigate the Pennsylvania woods and make significant inroads to the Ohio Country made him a useful tool of relations for the Pennsylvania Colonial Government, and the British Government. Croghan used tools that he […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    January 30, 2021
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  • Slavery and Abolition in Pennsylvania

    The topic of slavery in Pennsylvania has been reviewed by many historians over the years focusing on specific periods. Pennsylvania, being the first state to push the abolition of slavery would make it an understandable target for research. Within the existing research there are some gaps that exist in regard to how a majority of […]

    Shawn MacIntyre

    November 23, 2020
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