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Bloomsday

Joyce's Ulysses unfolds over a single day in Dublin James Joyce Related Links Encyclopedia: James Joyce Quiz: Irish Literature and Folklore Notable Irish Writers Ulysses for…

National Historic Sites

Name and location Total acreageAbraham Lincoln Birthplace (Ky.) 344.50Allegheny Portage Railroad (Pa.) 1,249.20Andersonville (Ga.) 494.61Andrew Johnson (Tenn.) 16.68Bent's Old Fort (Colo.)…

The Confederate States of America

Top of Page Source: iStockFollowing the election of Abraham Lincoln on an anti-slavery platform, 11 US states broke away from the union to form a republic that has become known as the Confederacy.…

The Iliad of Homer: The Embassy to Achilles

The Second Battle, and the Dis... The Night-Adventure of Diomed ... The Embassy to Achilles. Agamemnon, after the last day's defeat, proposes to the Greeks to quit the siege, and…

Paducah

(Encyclopedia) PaducahPaducahpədy&oomacr;ˈkə, –d&oomacr;ˈ– [key], city (1990 pop. 27,256), seat of McCracken co., SW Ky., on the Ohio River at the mouth of the Tennessee River; inc. as a city…

Báez, Buenaventura

(Encyclopedia) Báez, BuenaventuraBáez, Buenaventurabwāˌnävānt&oomacr;ˈrä bäˈās [key], c.1810–1884, president of the Dominican Republic (1849–53; 1856–58; 1865–66; 1868–73). Like his rival,…

Charles River Bridge Case

(Encyclopedia) Charles River Bridge Case, decided in 1837 by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Charles River Bridge Company had been granted (1785) a charter by the state of Massachusetts to operate a toll…