100 Year History Challenge [Announcing the Time-Travelers Behind #explore1918]

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Mining Narratives of the Past


Last week, we announced a 100 Year History Challenge inspired by the @phillyhistory post on the significance of 1918. There was a lot going on in the world exactly 100 years ago, and where better to explore the fabric of global events than through Steemit? We asked Steemians around the world to share a century-old story that relates to them and their hometown.

We have been reading through your incredible stories all weekend! The outpouring of engagement was unprecedented. We received 75+ incredibly thorough and well researched submissions from all over the world, each personally linked to the author’s own interests and hometown history. Even out of a sea of quality posts, some took the challenge beyond the call and applied to true Steem-powered innovation to their entries.

Let’s check out the winners below!

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Our Top 3 Stories


@catwomanteresa submitted a fascinating and bilingual post covering the deadliest plague of Taiwanese history. Back in 1918, influenza exploded onto the world stage. Cities were particularly vulnerable as the contagious virus infected 70 million Taiwanese. It was a deadly year for (a world) War, and the resonating effects of global conflict exposed many communities to new diseases that they were unprepared for. Read the full post here.

@dpatcher’s post highlights the stories Indian soldiers during the first World War. India was represented in World War I by a staggering 1.3 million soldiers, 75,000 lost their lives in the conflict. When people think about WWI, they immediately connect the conflict to Europe and the United States, but there were millions more who took part in this conflict and who - still today - are deeply under recognized for their sacrifices. Read the full post here.

@paskadom’s post integrates a wonderful splash of creativity. Her story tells one of both past and present through historical research and beautiful artwork. This post was just too creative not to highlight. The De Javasche Bank at Banda Aceh (Indonesia) was a bank building built in 1918 by the Dutch East Indies Company. In 2004, a tsunami destroyed much of the built fabric in this community, but this building survived. In this post, a resilient relic and reminder of the past is celebrated with thoughtful creativity. Read the full post here.

Setting the Stage for the Century to Come


1918 was a year of conflict, peace, health and innovation. Nelson Mandela was born, there were huge fires, daylight savings time was created and pigeon’s too! Here are the stories we’ve selected for 4th place and beyond.

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Highlights from @phillyhistory


This past week @sndbox created 15 new accounts for @phillyhistory’s Temple University students to use as they explore blockchain resources and seek out new ways of empowering professional practice in the non-profit spectrum. Over the course of the Spring semester, these students will continue to use develop research under the #explore1918 tag. Make sure to give these students a warm welcome! Here’s a look into some of the research and Philadelphian narratives they’ll be exploring...

More History to Happen


Thank you for exploring these great entries with us today! Be sure to follow @phillyhistory for updates on the innovative course looking to integrate Steem and blockchain technology into their experimental academic research.


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Thanks for the opportunity and shoutout @sndbox - and the mention of four of more than 20 posts by Temple University's Public History students of @phillyhistory - all new and wonderfully productive members of the Steemit community.

Thank you @phillyhistory! We've enjoyed exploring the broader fabric of the 1918 story. Looking forward to learning more from the Temple students.

Thank you @sndbox and associates, for organizing this amazing contest. I did learn a lot while researching for my post. I am filmmaker & always look for stories and your contest helped to uncover new story , even I knew very little about it. I have very glad to be one of the winners.
Love- D_PATCHER

Hi thanks @dpatcher for your great research and kind feedback :)

Congratulations to the top three stories selected by you. You are really doing a good job for providing us with leaves of our rich history about 100 years ago.

wow. Thanks for mentioning my post. I love what sndbox is doing for the community!

Thanks for sharing such an amazing story @cloh76! :)

Anytime. Thanks for always supporting the community and giving us opportunities to learn

Missed the contest. Hoping for more of such magnitude of contest to come featuring....
Century story is really a good opportunity to reflect the timeline and history of our various cities.

We'll be hosting many more contests and community challenges to come! Don't worry :) and thanks for your support @mickyscofield.

my idea is that fashion should now be based on what people wore 100 years ago... and every year there should be a retro party where people act and do what people did 100 yrs ago, like a vaudeville stage show and the flapper girls, shit like that /// peace !!

Hahah thanks @clumsysilverdad! A party is always a great way to celebrate the past. Who knows, maybe they had 1818 parties in 1918...?

I wonder if time travellers from the future can insert posts into the blockchain this year and even though we can't physically meet the people inserting the posts we can read their messages.

So...... Satoshi might have been a blockchain time traveller! :D

It was nice going back in history to discover stuffs that happened that affects us today. Thanks to @sndbox and @phillyhistory for organizing this

oh thanks....It was great to participate in this challenge .........thank you also for the great upvotes......God bless you...........Happy 2017

Thanks to @phillyhistory and @sndbox you made me happy yesterday.........Looking forward to more History Challenges