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What would George Washington say? It's a busy year for people who portray him​

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"John Koopman III looks straight out of a history book. It's not just his angular face and hair tied back with a ribbon, but his entire tall frame, as he learned from the tailor who made his military costume."

"Where my sleeves fall and my wrist, the size of my chest, where my breaches fall, is all identical to Washington," he explained. "That made my day."

"We met under a shade tree as he stood next to his beloved horse, Bear. Koopman started this hobby nearly three decades ago, when his Connecticut town put on a reenactment to mark the 300th anniversary of its founding."

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"Since then, Koopman has performed in a film shown at Mount Vernon and multiple other documentaries. He even branched out to write a historical novel on the Revolutionary War."

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Stonehenge Was Reanalyzed by AI - And New Findings Are Hard To Ignore​

"A chemical fingerprint of Stonehenge's massive sarsens revealed they came from a single quarry fifteen miles north — one deliberate choice nobody can fully explain. In this documentary-style exploration, we imagine what an impartial AI might surface if it could hold three centuries of scans, radar maps, isotope studies, and measurements in a single mind at once."

"For 5,000 years, Stonehenge has refused to explain itself. Who built it? How did they move impossible weights? What was it for? Every generation of researchers arrives convinced they'll close the case — and every generation leaves with it wide open."

"Note: the stones, weights, and quarry study are real. The AI analysis is the storytelling conceit of this video — an exploration of what a machine with no loyalty to any theory might reveal."

 

We Must Be Vigilant​

This upbeat WWII song is played on a rare Wurlitzer 145-A band organ at Olcutt Beach Carousel Park
 

The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show​

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week. The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show features interviews with Gina Belafonte, Harry Belafonte, Taylor Branch, Bill Carter, Petula Clark, Whoopi Goldberg, Phil Gries, Tamron Hall, Norman Lear, Questlove, and more.

 

Obama Mocked JD Vance — Then 6 Folders Changed EVERYTHING​

 
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American Gothic​

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Alt text: Black and white photo of a somber middle-aged black janitress wearing rimless glasses and a polka dot dress stares off to the side. She holds a corn broom head up and a wet mop head up in front of her. A large American Flag hangs vertically in the background, slightly out of focus. 1942 MORE
 

Description Women pickers in Pridham orchards, ca. 1915

"Barrel tickets were well known to many Aroostook County residents. They were used during potato harvest especially during the earlier part of the 20th century. Potatoes were picked from the ground by hand after a potato digger removed them from the rows. The potatoes were first put in a basket and were then carried and dumped into a barrel. The picker would put a ticket on the barrel when it was full."


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"When the farmer loaded the full barrels onto a wagon or truck he would take the ticket off the barrel and put it in a box that is usually on the body of the truck towards the headboard. At the end of the day the farmer would collect the tickets and use them to total the number of barrels each potato picker filled. The potato picker would be paid anywhere from 6 cents per barrel in the 1930s to 25 cents per barrel in the late 1950s."

"Today the few farmers who still harvest with barrels pay around a dollar per barrel filled. The tickets would be returned to the picker the next day with the number of barrels filled the previous day written on the top ticket. The number 14 written on tickets 42 means that that person filled 14 barrels the previous day. A good worker can fill more than 100 barrels per day. More mechanized farming methods made the tickets obsolete. There are a few small farmers who still use barrels and tickets during potato harvest."
 
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