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FOLLOWING THE THREAD, 9.9.25
This is the first time that a LOOSE ENDS jumble has provoked its own responses.
Sep 9
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LOOSE ENDS, 9.4.2025
Before I can start September with a “clean slate,” I want to report on your responses to recent PINKS.
Sep 4
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August 2025
AUGUST 28, 1955: EMMETT TILL
Author’s note: I met Lonnie Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, when we were doctoral candidates at American University.
Aug 28
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AUGUST 26, 1920 & AUGUST 6, 1965: VOTING RIGHTS
Patient and patriotic readers.
Aug 27
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THE ROARING TWENTIES:
FITZGERALD, FLAPPERS & FLY GIRLS
Aug 21
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August 15, 1926: PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY,
"SWEETHEART OF THE SILENT MAJORITY"
Aug 15
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August 12, 1851: THE SEWING MACHINE:
"THE QUEEN OF INVENTIONS"
Aug 12
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July 2025
JULY 19-20, 1923: SENECA FALLS
PART TWO: EQUAL RIGHTS
Jul 21
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JULY 19-20, 1848: SENECA FALLS
PART ONE: VOTING RIGHTS
Jul 20
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LOOSE ENDS, 7.14.25
Gentle Readers: I’m prompted to address you in that manner after seeing an exhibit about Jane Austen at the Morgan Library in New York City.
Jul 14
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July 4, 1776, 1852, 1858, 1876: INDEPENDENCE DAY
Author’s note: Recently Jeffrey Rosen, President of the National Constitution Center, hosted a conversation about the country’s founding documents, the…
Jul 4
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June 2025
June 28, 1969: STONEWALL
The punch that started the riot at the Stonewall Inn and launched the Gay Pride Movement was thrown by a drag queen.
Jun 28
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