US History

  • Ronald Joseph “Butch” DeFeo Jr. (born September 26, 1951) is an American mass murderer. He was tried and convicted for the 1974 killings of his father, mother, two brothers, and two sisters. The case inspired the book and film versions of The Amityville Horror. DeFeo’s trial began on October 14, 1975. He and his defense lawyer William Weber mounted an affirmative defense of insanity,…

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  • Life in the Big Apple

    New York city has such a rich history. Although I have never been there (but I will someday) I find it one of the most fascinating cities in the world. For me to write a whole essay on the city would do it injustice, therefore below some pictures of its rich history. A woman dressed…

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  • I know what you are thinking “We are still several months away from Halloween and he is already starting telling ghost stories” Well yes and no, you see the Ghost Army wasn’t an army of real ghosts however it did scare many German units, without firing one shot. During World War II, Americans of many…

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  • Bat bombs were an experimental World War II weapon developed by the United States. The bomb consisted of a bomb-shaped casing with over a thousand compartments, each containing a hibernating Mexican free-tailed bat with a small, timed incendiary bomb attached. The bomb was designed to terrorize the people of Japan in a most unexpected way. Dr. Lytle S. Adams, like most Americans at…

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  • One of my favourite songs is from a band called Extreme it is called “When I first kissed you” The opening line goes as follows.”New York city can be so pretty from a bird’s eye view” If history had gone a slightly different direction the lyrics to that song would not have  been the same.…

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  • Taught to Hate—KKK Kids

    The Ku Klux Klan has survived for more than 150 years. Its ideology of hatred and white supremacy continued to attract new members through the Holocaust, the civil rights movement, and the election of America’s first black president. It seems unbelievable that hatred could live on for that long, that anyone in the modern world…

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