Ok, this might be the most amazing use of Twitter and Facebook anyone could ever imagine. These people are Tweeting and Facebooking The War of 1812 and World War II in REAL TIME. Meaning, they are posting events from those wars as they would have happened, minute to minute, hour to hour, in many cases with links to photos or primary source materials about those events.
So, for the War of 1812 tweets, the posts are all happening EXACTLY 200 years after they occurred. How? Who? Amazing!!! Here's an explanation of what this guy is doing. And here is a link to the Twitter feed of the War of 1812 events.
On to World War II. This one is being done by the University of Coventry in England, and they plan to continue for five years! Take a look at the Twitter feed. And here's the Facebook page. Clearly, they have to be selective in terms of what they've chosen to post, but still. I want to be part of this project! How did they think of this?
I'm freaking out.
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