Most people I know will read this and have a blank stare. For me, this is kind of what keeps me going.

My degree is in History. I'm getting enrolled to work on my MA in History. I am also considering a side business that involves my passion for history, especially the American Civil War, and technology. These books you see here are just a sample of books I will have in a system called RAG. Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system grounds Large Language Models (LLMs) in external data. Instead of relying solely on an AI's training data, RAG retrieves relevant documents (like company policies or recent files, or in this case, details in these books), appends them to your prompt, and directs the AI model to generate a highly accurate, fact-based response.

It will be a TON of work creating, but that is part of the enjoyment. Yep... I'm an old nerd. 🤣🤓

The Hiroshima bombing was one of two atomic attacks on Japan which effectively ended the Second World War and killed about 140,000 to 220,000 inhabitants in the short term.

Author: U.S. Navy Public Affairs Resources Website

The Long Century is a history site focused on the United States from 1850 to 1900, a period of upheaval, conflict, and rapid change. The site looks at the Civil War, Reconstruction, westward expansion, labor unrest, politics, industrial growth, and the social pressures that shaped the country in the late nineteenth century.

The goal is to make this era readable without flattening it. These articles are meant to be long-form, direct, and grounded in the people and events that made the period. Some pieces focus on major turning points. Others look at smaller subjects, forgotten figures, or details that are usually left out of the standard summary.

Someone showed this to me today, and I love it. It's like geoguesser for art history!

Video is 35 minutes long, but it's pretty segmented, so you can skip to chapters you're interested in.

The Declaration of Independence is the founding document of the United States, adopted unanimously by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. Principally drafted by Thomas Jefferson with input from the Committee of Five, it announced the result of the Lee Resolution, passed two days earlier, that the Thirteen Colonies were independent states no longer subject to British rule. The Declaration justified separation by asserting the principles of natural rights, government by consent, and the right of revolution, while listing grievances against George III. Its assertion that "all men are created equal" has become one of the most influential statements in political history, shaping democratic and independence movements worldwide. The image shows the engrossed parchment copy prepared by Timothy Matlack and signed by the delegates. This version, signed primarily on August 2, is preserved in the Charters of Freedom of the National Archives Building and is generally considered to be the official document.

Author: Thomas Jefferson