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1 day ago · A patriot or loyalist woman working steadily to keep her household running one day might find herself hosting unwanted soldiers or watching her home looted the next day. 19 Many women who remained at home found themselves assuming new roles in their households in the absence of husbands, fathers, and sons. Even as they struggled with economic uncertainty and growing inflation, women learned to ...
2 days ago · the Troubles, violent sectarian conflict from about 1968 to 1998 in Northern Ireland between the overwhelmingly Protestant unionists (loyalists), who desired the province to remain part of the United Kingdom, and the overwhelmingly Roman Catholic nationalists (republicans), who wanted Northern Ireland to become part of the republic of Ireland.
21 hours ago · Bonfires are lit in some unionist areas on 11 July to kick off the Twelfth celebrations. The date commemorates the Battle of the Boyne in 1690 when the Protestant King William III - also known as King Billy and William of Orange - defeated Catholic King James II. Bonfires were lit to welcome - and guide - William.
1 day ago · A letter from Lieutenant-Colonel W. B. Fairman, Deputy Grand Secretary of the Orange Institution of Great Britain, advised the Marquess that following "a death of importance" (the passing of the King), the Orangemen would abandon their policy of "non-resistance" to the present "Popish Cabinet, and democratical Ministry" (the parliamentary reform ministry of Earl Grey) and that "it might be ...
4 days ago · William Howe was the commander in chief of the British army in North America (1776–78) who, despite several military successes, failed to destroy the Continental Army and stem the American Revolution.
4 days ago · Bukayo Saka looked so loved-up as he embraced his rarely-seen girlfriend Tolami Benson following England's win against Switzerland during the 2024 Euro tournament.
2 days ago · Upon his death in 1826, Jefferson freed five male Hemings slaves in his will. During his presidency, Jefferson allowed the diffusion of slavery into the Louisiana Territory hoping to prevent slave uprisings in Virginia and to prevent South Carolina secession.
