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August 18, 2020
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Earning the Vote, Earning Equality

by joeyphoenix
By Joey PhoenixCover Image from the National Museum of African American History and Culture 100 Years Ago women won the right to vote in the United States, but many will argue that with a presidential glass ceiling yet unbroken, stories of voter suppression still occurring throughout the country, and and a considerable lack of governmental representation for Black and Brown
August 18, 2020
February 19, 2019
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Annual Leslie’s Retreat Community Re-enactment, Sunday February 24

by John Andrews
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEStand with the Resistance or March with the Redcoats at the Annual Leslie’s Retreat Community Re-enactment on Sunday, February 24 February 8, 2019 (Salem, MA) – The third annual Leslie’s Retreat community re-enactment commemorates Col. Alexander Leslie’s tense stand-off with local militiamen at the bridge over Salem’s North River on February 26, 1775. Now known as “Leslie’s Retreat,”
February 19, 2019