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In Volume II Issue 1

  • Coming to America
    Six Simple Steps on Getting Through Ellis Island Read the full article here.
  • A Burning Question -
    What to Do With a Witch?
  • Freedom and Justice for All
    An Interview Ida B. Wells
  • Everyday Low, Low Prices!
    A Trip Through the Largest Market in the Aztec Empire
  • Word on the Street - A House Divided
    What is your reaction to Mr. Lincoln’s speech?
  • George's Goodbye Gala
    A Tearful Washington at Fraunces Tavern
  • Blind Man's Bluff
    Play this game and go blind!
  • Go West!
    An inside look at a secret message to Congress


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Volume II Issue 1 of PastTimes

Volume 2 Issue 1

In this issue you will find out about the young woman who sued a railroad company in the 1884 for forcing her to sit in a segregated car, 71 years before Rosa Parks.

You will also take a tour of an Aztec marketplace; see General Washington bid farewell to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War; and get tips on how to immigrate through Ellis Island in 1910.

We expose the top-secret message to Congress in 1803 that sent Americans trespassing into French territory. And just what does Seymour Muttonchops think of President Lincoln’s “House Divided” speech in 1858?

All this and more in Issue 1 of PastTimes Volume II!

Coming to America

Six Simple Steps on Getting Through Ellis Island

Ellis Island The first thing you will see is the beautiful, copper statue of Lady Liberty.

So you’ve made the decision to leave your native country and come to America. It was probably a difficult decision to make, but you should be happy. You are on your way to a land of freedom and opportunity, a land that will welcome you with open arms provided that you are a healthy, self-supporting person with trade skills and the motivation to work hard. more . . .

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