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Welcome to this week's instalment of /r/AskHistorians' Sunday Digest (formerly the Day of Reflection). Nobody can read all the questions and answers that are posted here, so in this thread we invite you to share anything you'd like to highlight from the last week - an interesting discussion, an informative answer, an insightful question that was overlooked, or anything else.
Gather round, gather round for the finest show digest on this little corner of the internet! Hundreds of the best answers all eagerly awaiting your read through. Have a browse through the many topics, but don’t forget to show some appreciation to those hard working contributors.
Kick things off with some of the usual weekly features, and special threads!
AskHistorians Podcast Minisode – Connecticut Veterans of WWI with /u/IlluminatiRex.
Book ideas in the Thursday Reading & Rec!
There was quite a bit of interesting discussion in the Friday Free For All!
/u/Bodark43 and /u/KiwiHellenist had a rich response to the Saturday Showcase!
And thus we come to an end my friends and wrap up another fantastic Sunday. Enjoy the haul, and I’ll see you all next weekend!
Sunday is also a day to shout out the interesting yet overlooked threads that still hope for the attention of an expert. Feel free to post your own as well, or perhaps others you came across, and maybe they’ll catch the eye of a wandering writer.
/u/IlluminatiRex asked What were the factors behind fast days in Connecticut during the American Revolution?
/u/Divorcefrenchodad asked In the movie ‘Glory’, during a song about Noah’s Covenant, soldiers of the 54th mention kangaroos. Would an average American in 1863 know what a kangaroo was? When did this become public knowledge?
/u/EmploisMuswashans asked I am a Persian diplomat who arrives in ancient Greece , how would I coumunicate?