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American History

Kaleva

(39,261 posts) Tue Jan 16, 2018, 11:38 PM Jan 2018

People lost to history [View all]

Every once in awhile when reading about someone or about an event on the internet, a person who played a supporting role fades out and for all practical purposes, disappears from history.

In this thread, I'd like to talk about such people.

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People lost to history [View all] Kaleva Jan 2018 OP

Herbert Walton "Herb" Gleason Kaleva Jan 2018 #1

Whatever happened to Fawn Hall? lastlib Jan 2018 #2

Army Lt. Coleman Peterson and his wife Charlotte Peterson Kaleva Jan 2018 #3

Charlotte Peterson Dca10468 Aug 2019 #13

Welcome to DU! radical noodle Aug 2019 #14

welcome to DU gopiscrap Aug 2019 #15

That's interesting! Kaleva Aug 2019 #16

Fascinating thread. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #4

I would love having a job on doing research on missing historical figures. Kaleva Jan 2018 #5

Oh, yes. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2018 #7

Etta Place-companion of the Sundance Kid Kaleva Jan 2018 #6

There is a 1974 TV movie... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2018 #9

If only that would happen to Newt Gingrich. eppur_se_muova Jan 2018 #8

Tiare Jones. The 2 year old in this iconic photo. Kaleva Jan 2018 #10

Connie Converse Kaleva Feb 2018 #11

Licorce McKenzie thucythucy Mar 2018 #12

Smedley Butler RealityChik Mar 2020 #17

Prescott Bush worked for W. Averell Harriman who had a number of businesses seized during WWII Kaleva Mar 2020 #18