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  1. Douglas, Deadlock, & Disunion

    By Murat Halstead, June 1960, Volume 11, Issue 4

    In 1860, Southern delegates bolted the Democratic convention at Charleston. An eyewitness describes the first giant step toward secession More >>>

  2. Tears for Marjory Stoneman Douglas 

    By Edwin S. Grosvenor, Spring 2018 , Volume 63, Issue 1

    A sad footnote to the horrific shootings in Florida is the soiling of the name of the environmental pioneer for whom the Parkland high school was named. More >>>

  3. My Search For Douglas MacArthur

    By Geoffrey Perret, February/March 1996, Volume 47, Issue 1

    An overheard remark sent the author off on a years-long quest to discover the truth about a man whose power to inspire both rage and reverence has only grown after his death More >>>

  4. Stephen Douglas Tomb

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    The Douglas Monument Association was organized in 1861 to build a suitable memorial at the gravesite. In 1864 the Association adopted the design of Illinois sculptor Leonard W. Volk. Construction of t More >>>

  5. Marjory Stoneman Douglas House

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    Author, activist, and Medal of Freedom honoree Marjory Stoneman Douglas lived and worked in this house for more than 70 years. When she died in 1998 at age 108, Douglas was probably best known as an e More >>>

  6. Douglas County Historical Society

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    The society maintains a library and archive of local history, thus fulfilling its designation as the official county archive by the Douglas County Board of Commissioners. The purpose is to collect, pr More >>>

  7. The Oldest Marine Recruit

    By Shane Manson, Spring 2023, Volume 68, Issue 2

    Paul Douglas was 50 years old when he left a career in politics to join the Marines at the outset of World War II, earning Purple Hearts at Peleliu and Okinawa. More >>>

  8. American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur, 1880–1964

    By Barbara Klaw, October/November 1978, Volume 29, Issue 6

    by William Manchester Little, Brown & Company 816 pages, 100 photographs and an 8-page map insert, $15.00 Douglas MacArthur was a man of staggering contradictions, and in this scrupulously r More >>>

  9. Douglas MacArthur born

    By Lee Sutton

    Douglas MacArthur born Teaser General Douglas MacArthur is born in the U.S. Arsenal Building in … More >>>

  10. Fort Douglas

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    The 1862 fort was built to protect telegraph and railroad lines from the Indian populations that the U.S. government feared would would act destructively. However, federal authorities likewise sought More >>>

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