Pearl Harbor: America Comes Together
By Kodee Summers On December 7, 1941, just before 8 a.m, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor, a Naval Base near Honolulu, Hawaii. […]
Tag: US History
Census Enumerators
To enumerate is to ascertain the number of something. In the case of the census, this is to count the population as […]
The 1918 Flu Pandemic
This blog was originally posted May 15, 2018. World War I claimed the lives of an estimated 16 million people but an […]
The Census and Representation
The census has occurred every decade since 1790 but the first censuses were very skewed towards white males. The first census did […]
Why Can’t I Find the 1890 Census?
The short answer? It was destroyed by a fire. However, that short answer doesn’t illustrate the true demise of the 1890 census. […]