Manifest Destiny, 54-40 or Fight, the Annexation Manifesto, the British North American union movement, Seward’s Folly, Sir John A’s National Policy, Commercial Union and the 1911 Reciprocity Debate ...

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The last time the United States expanded its territory—gaining the Northern Marianas and some other Pacific islands—President ...

His newly released CD, “Seward’s Folly”, is a collection of all original music. In addition to his recordings with Vince Guaraldi, he has also recorded with Cleo Laine, Dick Hindman, Maria Muldaur, ...

The Alaska Purchase of 1867, ridiculed then as “Seward’s Folly”, was redeemed through its gold, oil and strategic position. Even the annexation of Hawaii in 1898 testified to America’s ...

It proved to be a bargain, although at the time critics jeered at what they called “Seward’s Folly.” After Germany invaded Denmark in 1940, the United States occupied Greenland — with the ...

Abraham Lincoln’ signed the Homestead Act of 1862, which opened the West to further settlement, and his Secretary of State negotiated the purchase of Alaska (Seward’s folly) during Andrew ...

No, this is not about Donald Trump and Greenland, although it does deal with the last time the United States bought territory ...

Someone needs to tell them the Seward’s Folly first rule of leadership. Maybe it should be printed on a large poster and hung on the wall at the Republican headquarters in Anchorage. For years, ...

Sceptics dubbed the deal ‘Seward's Folly’, a polite way of saying useless land. We now know that’s not the case at all. Alaska has rich oil fields and some of the world’s largest copper and gold ...