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Locations in Valley and Central Virginia included as state's 'Most Endangered Places"
3+ day, 11+ hour ago (267+ words) A list of endangered historic places in Virginia earlier this year includes several structures in the WMRA Listening Area. WMRA’s Calvin Pynn reports. Preservation Virginia is a nonprofit that publishes a list every year of historic structures throughout the Commonwealth…...
Chain Home and the Dowding System Explained
2+ week, 5+ day ago (741+ words) par Connor Kerr | 21 juillet 2026 | Histoire et légendes, Aviation militaire | 0 commentaire The Germans had radar too. Theirs was arguably better — Freya operated on a shorter wavelength, used a smaller steerable antenna, and gave sharper resolution than anything the British had strung…...
Virginia declined to buy Mount Vernon and Congress argued it was not the federal government's business, so in 1858 a South Carolina woman raised $200,000 in dollar subscriptions and bought George Washington's house herself; the association she founded has never taken public money since
2+ week, 1+ day ago (196+ words) Edited by Brendan Brown When government refused to save America's most sacred monument, one woman's stubborn fundraising created an institution that still stands independent—and solvent—170 years later. The owner, John Augustine Washington III, the first president’s great-grand-nephew, knew he…...
Everything Everywhere Daily: History, Science, Geography & More • The Battle of Antietam • Listen on Fountain
3+ week, 3+ day ago (516+ words) September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest day in the history of the United States. In just 12 hours, 22,726 people were killed, wounded, or went missing just outside of Sharpsburg, Maryland, in one of the largest battles of the US Civil War. Despite ending…...
Flag made by POWs flies over Bataan
4+ week, 19+ hour ago (99+ words) A 48-star flag made out of parachutes by American POWs who survived the Bataan Death March flies over the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) during a ceremony to commemorate the 81st anniversary of V-J Day, Aug. 15, 2026. Bataan is currently…...