July 26, 2026
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February 12, 1908: The Day the Great Race Began
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The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and LA MATIN, a sister newspaper in Paris. The torturous New York to Paris route crossed three continents and amounted to over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The Thomas Flyer Team of Buffalo, New York won with a comfortable margin of 26 days. The feat has…
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August 17, 2023 2 Comments
A day in the life of American politics – Wednesday, September 23, 1908. That was the day when one man, one newspaper, one stretch of lawn in Brook, Indiana, turned the whole of American political campaigning up-side-down. The “picnic” was announced with a postcard.