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- S. Army]] soldier preparing frybread during a 2004 pow-wow in Iraq.]] Most Muscogees were removed to Indian Territory, although some remained ...29 KB (4,264 words) - 06:22, 11 January 2024
- The Andersonville prison, located at Camp Sumter, was the largest Confederate military prison during the American Civil War. The site of the ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 19:58, 26 July 2023
- François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand (October 26, 1916 – January 8, 1996) was President of France from 1981 to 1995, and was best known ...37 KB (5,492 words) - 09:38, 11 April 2024
- and incorporates the use of herbs and spells. Pow-wow is folk magic generally practiced by the Pennsylvania Dutch, which includes charms, herbs, ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:Komora gazowa.jpg|thumb|250 px|Gas chamber at Stutthof concentration camp.]] ...13 KB (1,978 words) - 04:37, 18 April 2024
- is held with a historic re-enactment and a pow-wow. The Mescalero are located on the Mescalero Reservation in southeastern New Mexico, near historic ...37 KB (5,440 words) - 05:56, 11 August 2023
- Heinrich Theodor Böll (December 21, 1917 – July 16, 1985) was one of Germany's foremost post-World War II writers. His ironic novels ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 15:15, 25 January 2023
- Choctaw princess contest, and an inter-tribal pow-wow occurs on the third weekend of June each year on their reservation lands. ===Mississippi=== ...38 KB (5,802 words) - 17:09, 10 December 2023
- The Sunshine Policy was the foreign policy of South Korea towards North Korea until Lee Myung-bak's election to the South Korean presidency ...14 KB (2,030 words) - 13:54, 28 April 2023
- Category:Psychology Category:Philosophy Category:Religion Category:Politics and social sciences [[Image:Rembrandt-The return of the prodigal son ...31 KB (4,680 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- The Joint Security Area (JSA) or Panmunjom, often called the "Truce Village" in both the media Lee Jong-Heon, Panmunjom, South Korea ...29 KB (4,482 words) - 19:40, 4 May 2024
- The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge , is an international humanitarian ...66 KB (10,055 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- the town of Lawton. This is the site of the annual pow-wow, the Comanche Nation Fair, when Comanches from across the United States gather to celebrate ...41 KB (6,731 words) - 00:03, 8 January 2024
- A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems. The suppers are normally held on ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- Wake Island (also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll having a coastline of 12 miles (19.3 kilometers) in the North Pacific Ocean, formerly ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775 on Breed's Hill, as part of the Siege of Boston during the American Revolutionary ...16 KB (2,465 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- The Battle of Stalingrad was a battle between Germany and its Allies and the Soviet Union for the Soviet city of Stalingrad (today known as Volgograd ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Sociology [[File:Picard.jpg|thumb|260px|right|Spanish Inquisition torture chamber]] ...35 KB (5,314 words) - 04:41, 1 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law Category:Military A court-martial (plural courts-martial) is a military court that determines ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 08:45, 10 January 2024
- The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War, the Franco-Vietnamese War, the Franco-Vietminh War, the Indochina War and the ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group| |group=Ojibwa |image=[[Image:Anishinabe ...46 KB (6,830 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- John Sidney McCain III (August 29, 1936 – August 25, 2018) was an American politician and naval officer. He was a prisoner of war during the ...89 KB (12,407 words) - 02:53, 2 May 2024
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology Category:Ethnic group {{Infobox Ethnic group |group = Aleut |image = [[image:aleut ...17 KB (2,491 words) - 05:11, 17 June 2023
- The Battle of Vicksburg, or Siege of Vicksburg, was the final significant battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series ...17 KB (2,734 words) - 01:42, 26 September 2023
- Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With 3,579,212 residents in 2006, it was the 28th most ...50 KB (7,185 words) - 10:30, 11 March 2023
- The Battle of Saratoga in September and October 1777, was a decisive American victory resulting in the surrender of an entire British army of ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 10:21, 22 September 2023
- Billy Wilder (June 22, 1906 – March 27, 2002) was an Austrian-born, Jewish-American journalist, screenwriter, film director, and producer whose ...22 KB (3,248 words) - 17:40, 31 October 2023
- The Purple Heart is an American military decoration that was the first award made available to the common soldier. It was initially created as ...23 KB (3,569 words) - 00:25, 3 December 2022
- Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, with a population of 150,000 and is the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. The Baroque ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- The State of Arizona is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. The capital and largest city is Phoenix. Arizona is ...21 KB (2,995 words) - 02:46, 15 August 2023
- Oceania is a geographical (and geopolitical) region consisting of numerous countries and territories—mostly islands—in the Pacific Ocean ...24 KB (3,239 words) - 23:47, 17 November 2022
- The Northern Mariana Islands, officially the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, is a commonwealth in political union with the United ...21 KB (3,013 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- Sir Philip Sidney (November 30, 1554 – October 17, 1586) was one of the most prominent poets of the Elizabethan era. Like his close friend ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 03:48, 24 November 2022
- or military comfort women|Japanese: 従軍慰安婦|jūgun-ianfu , a euphemism for the up to 200,000 women who were forced to serve in the Japanese ...27 KB (3,743 words) - 00:07, 8 January 2024
- The Suez Crisis (known as the Suez War or 1956 War, commonly known in the Arab world as the Tripartite aggression; other names include the Sinai ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- Sally Hemings (c. 1773 – 1835) was an American slave owned by Thomas Jefferson, believed to be the mother of several children belonging to ...27 KB (3,996 words) - 01:50, 23 December 2022
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national war memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam ...24 KB (3,601 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Law [[Image:BLAKE12.JPG|thumb|"A Negro Hung Alive by the Ribs to a Gallows" by William ...23 KB (3,493 words) - 10:41, 9 March 2023
- Guam (Chamorro: Guåhån), officially the U.S. Territory of Guam, is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean and is an organized unincorporated ...22 KB (3,229 words) - 03:09, 26 February 2023
- The Kargil War, also known as the Kargil conflict, (I) signifies an armed conflict between India and Pakistan that took place between May and ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- Béla Kun (February 20, 1886 – August 29, 1938), born Béla Kohn, was a Hungarian Communist politician, who ruled Hungary, as the leader of ...26 KB (4,004 words) - 08:50, 27 September 2023
- Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor. In his acting, he gave ...26 KB (4,059 words) - 05:09, 17 June 2023
- Josip Broz Tito (Cyrillic: Јосип Броз Тито, May 7, 1892 – May 4, 1980) was the chief architect of the "second" Yugoslavia ...26 KB (3,964 words) - 05:28, 7 May 2024
- The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government. It is bestowed on a member of the U. S. Military ...32 KB (4,854 words) - 23:23, 14 June 2023
- Kyiv (/kiːv/ KEEV), or Kiev (/ˈkiːɛv/ KEE-ev) Ukrainian: Київ, romanized: Kyiv, pronounced [ˈkɪjiu̯], the capital and the largest ...26 KB (3,695 words) - 04:01, 6 October 2022
- Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University-Jen |name = Fordham University ...33 KB (4,668 words) - 06:21, 1 April 2024
- The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into the past, throughout a vast number of cultures and nations. Women have played ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- Japan made two invasions of Korea, in [Japan's Korea War: First Invasion (1592-1596)|Japan's first invasion 1592 and 1596], creating ...32 KB (4,655 words) - 22:08, 8 February 2023
- Folke Bernadotte, Count of Wisborg (January 2, 1895 – September 17, 1948), was a Swedish diplomat. After representing Sweden at several international ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 22:38, 5 May 2020
- Yi Sun-sin (April 28 1545 – December 16 1598), also commonly transliterated Yi Soon-shin, earned fame as a Korean naval leader noted for his ...34 KB (5,442 words) - 11:13, 24 May 2023
