{"id":101,"date":"2016-01-15T07:58:23","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T14:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/?p=101"},"modified":"2016-09-01T08:51:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T14:51:47","slug":"estate-sale-ephemera-20th-century-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/estate-sale-ephemera-20th-century-headlines","title":{"rendered":"Estate Sale Ephemera: 20th Century Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Estate sales are neat\u00a0because they give us the chance to learn (or relive)\u00a0history. For example, once upon a time, long ago,\u00a0people relied on\u00a0the newspaper\u00a0to get their news. (Doesn’t that sound quaint?)\u00a0And if something especially newsworthy\u00a0happened, some\u00a0people would save the newspaper\u00a0to pass along to future generations. While we might\u00a0think it’s silly now in our digital age, estate sale ephemera certainly\u00a0makes for interesting\u00a0browsing!\u00a0Part of the fun\u00a0of shopping estate sales is getting to dig through all those yellowed, tattered pages torn from\u00a0history – a thrill\u00a0you just won’t get from\u00a0trawling Wikipedia.<\/p>\n

Below are a few important\u00a0headlines from history somebody thought to\u00a0save.\u00a0Do you remember where you were during these historical\u00a0events?<\/p>\n

1. World\u00a0War\u00a0II<\/h2>\n
\"British
As the last of the World War II soldiers pass on, these old newspaper clippings are more important than ever to let us know what the US was like then, according to the media.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. Franklin D. Roosevelt\u00a0Dies<\/h2>\n
\"Newspaper
FDR was the only U.S. President to serve three consecutive terms, and by the time he died, he’d been President for many Americans’ entire lives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. Engel v. Vitale\u00a0Rules Against Public\u00a0School Prayer<\/h2>\n
\"Newspaper
This controversial court decision ruled prayer in public schools unconstitutional in an attempt to keep the separation between church and state.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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4. JFK is\u00a0Assassinated<\/h2>\n
\"Newspaper
America has never gotten over the day JFK was shot in Dallas, as all the movies, books, and conspiracy theories surrounding the mysterious murder prove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

5. Kennedy is Buried<\/h2>\n
\"Newspaper
John F. Kennedy was buried in Arlington Cemetery; an eternal flame burns at his grave site.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

6. President\u00a0Eisenhower Dies<\/h2>\n
\"Newspaper
The nation’s 34th president, as well as a 5 star general during WW II , died in 1969.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

7. The U.S. Lunar Landing<\/h2>\n
\"Newspape
The first moon landing secured the U.S.’s lead in the Space Race and promised a new frontier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

8. Nixon Resigns<\/h2>\n
\"Newspaper
Watergate marked the end of America’s faith in politics, and it definitely had an effect on the American psyche: this event was the most saved from estate sale newspapers.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9. John Lennon Is Killed<\/h2>\n
\"Newspaper
John Lennon was shot in front of his apartment building in New York at the end of 1980.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

10. The Gulf\u00a0War<\/h2>\n
\"Gulf
Print media still thrived in the 90s, as these newspapers reporting on the Iraqi War prove.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Which important newspapers have you held onto?\u00a0Share your photos or comments\u00a0below!<\/em><\/p>\n

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Estate sales are neat\u00a0because they give us the chance to learn (or relive)\u00a0history. For example, once upon a time, long ago,\u00a0people relied on\u00a0the newspaper\u00a0to get their news. (Doesn’t that sound quaint?)\u00a0And if something especially newsworthy\u00a0happened, some\u00a0people would save the newspaper\u00a0to pass along to future generations. While we might\u00a0think it’s silly now in our digital age,\u2026Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":485,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,17],"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":483,"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estatesales.org\/thegoods\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}