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Spirit of America Celebrate 250: Colonial Williamsburg
9+ hour, 34+ min ago (42+ words) 10 On Your Side's Nick Broadway reports: Spirit of America Celebrate 250: Colonial Williamsburg 10 On Your Side's Nick Broadway reports: Spirit of America Celebrate 250: Colonial Williamsburg...
Librarian turns walk through San Francisco's North Beach, Chinatown into history lesson
6+ hour, 37+ min ago (31+ words) Yahoo A Bay Area librarian is turning a walk through the city into a lesson in history and culture....
Town of Tonawanda adds six names to Veterans Memorial, including decorated World War II veteran
9+ hour, 55+ min ago (42+ words) Yahoo The Town of Tonawanda has added six names to the Veterans Memorial at Kenney Park, continuing a tradition of honoring local veterans who served the country....
Window Through Which President John F. Kennedy Was Shot and Killed Is Up for Auction
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (382+ words) The assassination of former president John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, is a moment in time that will never be forgotten " and now you can own a piece of history. Earlier this week, Heritage Auctions revealed its 250th Anniversary Auction celebrating the American…...
13 of the Weirdest Discoveries Archaeologists Have Made
21+ hour, 16+ min ago (1165+ words) When archaeologists studying a fifth-century Swedish site found a human skeleton lying on the floor of a house, they wondered why no one had buried it. Then they found another. And another. All showed signs of having been executed with…...
Inca child mummy returned to indigenous community in Argentina
19+ hour, 14+ min ago (33+ words) By Lucila Sigal BUENOS AIRES, May 29 (Reuters) - The mummy of a child from the Inca period, discovered frozen in 1905 on a mountain in northwestern Argentina, has been returned to an indigenous...
With Smithsonian under scrutiny, its leader curates a complex history show
11+ hour, 39+ min ago (697+ words) Outside the Smithsonian Castle, construction crews are scrambling to build President Donald Trump's version of American history on the National Mall: the Great American State Fair. The 16-day "World's Fair-scale event" of concerts, carnival rides and state-themed exhibits will celebrate…...
Beale lecture remembers WWII homefront hero Emma Buckmaster
12+ hour, 26+ min ago (203+ words) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) " You may remember our story from back in February on Emma Buckmaster, the Bakersfield schoolteacher whose name appears on the World War II Memorial in Jastro Park " not for any military service but rather for heroism of…...
Boston's past and present through maps
13+ hour, 45+ min ago (23+ words) Yahoo Author Andy Woodruff discusses his new book "Boston in 50 Maps" with WBZ-TV's Chris Tanaka....
Star Spangled Stories: The history of Baltimore's Channel 13
14+ hour, 41+ min ago (56+ words) Yahoo The Channel 13 studio was built in 1948 and was one of the largest television studios on the East Coast at the time. Television was in its infancy, and WJZ (then WAAM) created hours of original local programming, including Oprah Winfrey's…...