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Happy Presidents Day.

Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
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monthly since 1997.

We built a replacement:
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agnes

@agt@pnw.zone · 2 weeks ago

Smithsonian Magazine

George Washington Used Legal Loopholes to Avoid Freeing His Slaves

One of his slaves fled to New Hampshire to escape becoming a wedding present

OpenFactBook.org

@openfactbook@mastodon.social · 2 weeks ago

Happy Presidents Day.

Two weeks ago, the CIA shut down the World Factbook - a public
domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.

We built a replacement:
https://openfactbook.org

261 countries · Instant search · Country comparisons

Public data should stay public.

#OpenData #CivicTech #OpenSource #PresidentsDay
#PublicDomain #DataRescue

agnes

@agt@pnw.zone · 2 weeks ago

Smithsonian Magazine

George Washington Used Legal Loopholes to Avoid Freeing His Slaves

One of his slaves fled to New Hampshire to escape becoming a wedding present

The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

History to know this #PresidentsDay:

Ona Judge escaped enslavement from George and Martha Washington in 1796, fleeing the President’s House in Philadelphia for freedom.

Now the National Park Service has removed an exhibit telling her story.

https://theconversation.com/martha-washingtons-enslaved-maid-ona-judge-made-a-daring-escape-to-freedom-but-the-national-park-service-has-erased-her-story-from-philadelphia-exhibit-274394

The Conversation

Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit

Ona Judge was one of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia.

The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

This #PresidentsDay, let’s look at George Washington at his worst.

At 22, Washington’s failed 1754 mission near Fort Duquesne helped spark a global war.

A historian argues those early mistakes forged the resilient leadership he’d later bring to the American Revolution. https://theconversation.com/how-a-22-year-old-george-washington-learned-how-to-lead-from-a-series-of-mistakes-in-the-pennsylvania-wilderness-274466 #Histodons @histodons

The Conversation

How a 22-year-old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness

Washington’s fundamental character as a military leader was forged in the Ohio River Valley, where he also inadvertently helped ignite the French and Indian War.

The Conversation U.S.

@TheConversationUS@newsie.social · 2 weeks ago

History to know this #PresidentsDay weekend:

Ona Judge escaped enslavement from George and Martha Washington in 1796, fleeing the President’s House in Philadelphia for freedom.

Now the National Park Service has removed an exhibit telling her story.

https://theconversation.com/martha-washingtons-enslaved-maid-ona-judge-made-a-daring-escape-to-freedom-but-the-national-park-service-has-erased-her-story-from-philadelphia-exhibit-274394

The Conversation

Martha Washington’s enslaved maid Ona Judge made a daring escape to freedom – but the National Park Service has erased her story from Philadelphia exhibit

Ona Judge was one of 9 people George Washington owned when he lived in the President’s House in Philadelphia.