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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:00 PM
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10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America
Edited on Fri Apr-07-06 02:19 PM by Sapphire Blue
From an email...

The History Channel® world premiere 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America will debut on April 9th - 13th at 9pm/8c.

10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is an expansive, 10-part television event produced and directed by Oscar® and Emmy® award-winning filmmakers.

There are powerful days that make up the fabric of America's history. Some are big and explosive, while others are understated and unexpected. Their importance is realized later as we recognize how they set our nation on the path to what it is today. 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America is an exciting and thought-provoking series of films that renews a sense of understanding of and appreciation for the history of our great nation.

In support of these special presentations, The History Channel introduces the 10 Ways to See America Sweepstakes. 10 winners plus a guest will have the opportunity to take a 7-day/6-night trip to a place that unexpectedly changed America. Each winner will have their choice of a custom themed trip package to a location in America related to one of the 10 days. Visit History.com to enter.

WATCH 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America April 9th - 13th at 9pm/8c. Only on The History Channel. Expect the Unexpected.



Edited to add:

The Series

10 DAYS THAT UNEXPECTEDLY CHANGED AMERICA is not intended to be a countdown or a list of the most important days in U.S. history. The History Channel challenged the filmmakers to go beyond the predictable, and to think about different and interesting ways to illuminate familiar and lesser known events that would be intriguing to our audience.

http://www.historychannel.com/10days



The 10 films, listed in chronological order, by subject:

    Massacre at Mystic (May 26, 1637)

    Shays' Rebellion: America's First Civil War (January 25, 1787)

    Gold Rush (January 24, 1848)

    Antietam (September 17, 1862)

    The Homestead Strike (July 6, 1892)

    Murder at the Fair: The Assassination of President McKinley (September 6, 1901)

    Scopes: The Battle Over America's Soul (July 21, 1925)

    Einstein's Letter (July 16, 1939)

    When America Was Rocked (September 9, 1956)

    Freedom Summer (June 21, 1964)

For more info: http://www.historychannel.com/10days/
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Craig3410 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:06 PM
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1. No 9/11?
I think that one changed us pretty well, with the sending us into a war and all...
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Melsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:09 PM
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2. No Pearl Harbor either
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:46 PM
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24. or Fort Sumpter
I thought that instead of Sharpsburg.
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 08:18 PM
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37. The Union victory at Gettysburg took 3 days
so they couldn;t include that either. Kind of shorted us on the Civil War, didn't they?
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Pissed Off Cabbie Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:09 PM
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3. 9/11
I'm new here. Is there a particular reason why we can't discuss 9/11, and alternates to the official line on it?

pissedoffcabbie.blogspot.com
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:10 PM
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4. You're welcome to discuss it here:
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Pissed Off Cabbie Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:17 PM
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6. 9/11 Dungeon
I see. So, 9/11 complicity issues are not to be discussed out in the open on this forum. Why is that?

pissedoffcabbie.blogspot.com
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:21 PM
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7. Please direct any further comments or questions to DU Admin @
admin@democraticunderground.com
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 08:30 PM
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11. Hello!
Welcome to DU! :hi:
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ovidsen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:12 PM
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5. Nope
The producers said they didn't want to do the typical "Events That Changed America" series, on events everybody already knows about. As one of them said, (and I'm paraphrasing), "We didn't want to do the umpeenth documentary on Pearl Harbor".

New York Times review.
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:35 PM
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9. Thanks for the NYT review link!
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stevietheman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 02:26 PM
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8. I don't think I've ever been so excited about an upcoming....
History Channel offering. Probably lots of juicy history in these films. I assume that they will probably make Americans think of their country in a new way after watching them.
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-07-06 07:55 PM
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10. Check the History Channel schedule @
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 05:44 PM
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12. kicking for tonight
:kick:
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 06:06 PM
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13. for Civil War buffs: why is Antietam the battle picked???
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 06:28 PM
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14. With 3650 soldiers killed, it was the most deadly single-day of
Edited on Sun Apr-09-06 06:32 PM by Bunny
fighting in American history. Also, made Lee think hard about his plans to invade the North. And, prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 06:56 PM
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15. thanks
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Yupster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:47 PM
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25. I would have picked
Fort Sumpter falling instead.
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pinto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:09 PM
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19. An appalling 23,000 killed...in one day.
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:36 PM
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22. I think that 23,000 includes the injured as well as dead.
I'm pretty sure that the number KIA was approximately 3650.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:06 PM
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16. Probably because it led to the Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln needed a victory to make the proclamation. He got it at Antietam. Even though McClellan frittered away the chance to destroy Lee's army.
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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:07 PM
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17. delete - dupe
Edited on Sun Apr-09-06 07:07 PM by Tierra_y_Libertad
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handsignals4theblind Donating Member (90 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:12 PM
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21. Lincoln could care less about slavery
Lincoln would have left the blacks in the same boat if he could have gotten a deal with the South to keep the Union together.

after a few years of progress, blacks were reduced to second class citizens thanks to Jim Crowe laws and the Reconstruction of the racist South

Now days using the War on Drugs is another tactic used to justify a war on the poor, with blacks more likely to be sentenced for the same 'drug crimes' committed by their white counterparts.

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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:08 PM
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18. I'll be recording it tonight. Looking forward to it.
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NJ Democrats Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:10 PM
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20. I would have watched it
but I'm on vacation with no TV.
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:41 PM
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23. I'll be watching
I was just about to post about this.
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 07:48 PM
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26. geee....what about the most obvious?
the day they stole democracy?



note the 'helper' on the (far) right
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cantstandbush Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 09:00 PM
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28. 9/11 was the day that really changed America for the worse forever. n/t
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Gabi Hayes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 05:43 PM
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32. cept that if they'd counted the votes, 911 would never have happened
Edited on Mon Apr-10-06 05:43 PM by Gabi Hayes
Gore would have been doing something about AlQaeda from DAY ONE, and that Aug 6 PDB would have pushed him to go public (or at least force the Airlines to beef up security), to the extent that the highjackers would NEVER have been able to force the plane into buildings, had the public (or at least the flight crews) been warned that these would NOT be the sort of highjackings to which we'd become 'accustomed,' but ones which would have turned the planes into flying bombs
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 08:01 PM
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27. Startinng now
on the East Coast
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 10:31 PM
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29. kick for the west coast
:kick:
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-09-06 10:52 PM
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30. Of course I am not surprised
People in GD, with their remarkable reading comprehension skills, are missing the word "UNEXPECTEDLY" in the feature's title.

Unexpectedly.

I am quite sure when 9-11 was happening, we knew it was going to change things massively. Same with other watershed days in U.S. history.

I am waiting for someone to be indignant because July 4, 1776 didn't make the cut. :eyes:
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Hardrada Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 08:21 PM
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38. How about April 14th (I think) 1865 when Lincoln was killed
that was rather unexpected, I always thought. Civil War buffs, feel free to jump in here.
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 05:34 PM
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31. kick for tonight (Einstein's Letter & Murder @ the Fair)
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Sapphire Blue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 10:41 PM
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34. kick for the west coast
:kick:
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-10-06 08:17 PM
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33. Einstein's Letter is good
I think Murder at the Fair is up next...
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-11-06 07:41 PM
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35. Starting at 9 Pm Eastern
Elvis on Ed Sullivan and the Gold Rush
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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 08:02 PM
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36. 9 PM The Scopes' trial
Check the history channel site to see what is on at 10.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-12-06 08:23 PM
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39. A rather odd selection of days, I think.
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