Biden revives push to put Tubman on the $20
Let's get Jackson off the currency and hopefully we can start adding more contemporary American heroes to US currency. Scientists, inventors, civil rights, suffrage movement, etc. Plenty of people important to honor beyond the founding fathers and Presidents.
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I have to admit, I knew the name Cesar Chavez but didn't actually know anything about him. I am assuming some of you are the same. He was born in Arizona in 1927 to Mexican parents. Grew up Catholic and fought for farm workers rights, founding (along with Dolores Huerta) National Farm Workers Association which has merged and morphed into the United Farm Workers Labor Union. He fought for the farm workers rights, organizing peaceful protests and strikes, inspired by Gandhi and using elements of his Roman Catholicism in their activities. Many considered him a communist subversive during his efforts. He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1994.
Further reading:
He also has an autobiography, which I will be adding my pile of unread books.
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The South's submarine, the Hunley, sunk one Union ship and then sunk, lost for over 100 years
It was recovered in 1995 and has been turned into a museum/tourist exhibit. Fascinating stuff.
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30 Years Ago today, the US launched missiles over Baghdad as part of the Gulf War
I remember this clearly. Dad watching on the TV, me sitting on the floor. I was too young to fully grasp what was going on, but I remember the night vision shots of the missles landing.
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