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On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at the village of Appomattox Court House in Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. (Remaining Confederate units elsewhere would formally surrender by early June of 1865, closing out the bloodiest conflict on American soil without further major combat.)

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When the Spanish began colonizing the San Francisco Peninsula in the 1770s, the Franciscan fathers were in control of the operation. Their goa…

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Martial arts are forms of self-defense that are usually weaponless. Types of martial arts include jiu jitsu, aikido, karate, judo and taekwond…

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The USDA (U.S. Department of Agriculture) created the “Food Guide Pyramid” in 1992 as a replacement for the four food groups. The food groups …

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Martial arts are forms of self-defense that are usually weaponless. Types of martial arts include jiu jitsu, aikido, karate, judo and taekwond…

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When Mission Dolores was established in 1776, the Mission became responsible for the land from the head of the Peninsula to the San Francisqui…