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Fenton History Center Needs Volunteers For Lake View Cemetery Tours
10+ hour, 27+ min ago (152+ words) Fenton History Center is seeking volunteers for its Lake View Cemetery Tours The Fenton History Center is looking for volunteers for its 21st Annual Lake View Cemetery Tours. The cemetery tours are the Fenton’s largest annual fundraiser, raising important support for…...
Mangguan rock art offers clues to ancient migration
16+ min ago (481+ words) If a picture is worth a thousand words, the figurative rock paintings at the Mangguan site in Southwest China's Yunnan province carry a great many more. Published in the Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports earlier this month, a study by…...
Lansing's Historic Grand Trunk Western Station: 1902-2020s
10+ hour, 30+ min ago (178+ words) One other historic Lansing site that doesn't seem to get enough attention is the old Grand Trunk Western Station just off S. Washington Avenue. In 1856 the Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad laid tracks through Lansing. This was followed by two more lines: in…...
Stone Links Henry VIII???s Lost Sandown Castle to Dover Castle
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (443+ words) Researchers have confirmed that stone from Henry VIII's Sandown Castle, which had been lost from history, was used in the Victorian extension constructed at Dover Castle. Dr. Christopher Moore has developed an argument for the reuse of masonry from the…...
Robin Hood of his day: Berkeley Co. historian reflects on Francis Marion
56+ min ago (473+ words) Historian Keith Gourdin treated Mount Pleasant Rotarians to a healthy serving of the life and times of Francis Marion. Known for his leadership in fighting the British in the Revolutionary War, Brigadier General Francis Marion has become more myth than…...
Editorial: Dismal Swamp historic village seeks to foster understanding
55+ min ago (533+ words) The new Historical Village on the Dismal Swamp Canal Trial in southern Chesapeake tells stories of the indigenous people who lived in the area long before English colonists arrived in Jamestown and the Black Americans who both labored to dig…...
‘Cambridge is a Tiny Cuba’: Harvard and the Cuban teachers’ expedition of 1900 - Cambridge | Somerville Independent
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (198+ words) The United States took military and administrative control over Cuba beginning Jan. 1, 1899, which lasted nearly three and a half years until Cuba’s official independence in May 1902. Four ships landed at the Charlestown Navy Yard on July 4, 1900, and more than 1,200 teachers…...
Preserving Condurso's: What’s Possible for the Historic Property?
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History on the Street: Free Philadelphia festival brings history to life for students
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (440+ words) For Philadelphia students, history doesn’t have to stay on the page. This weekend, they’ll have a chance to step into the role of historians themselves — digging into the past, examining primary sources and discovering how the stories of Philadelphia and…...
How Thomas Edison Changed the World: 135 Years Since Patenting the First Motion Picture Camera
6+ hour, 40+ min ago (460+ words) Aug 24, 2026 19:31 62 According to historical archives, Edison's idea was to create a device that "would make for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear“. The development was entrusted to his talented assistant William Kennedy Laurie Dixon. It was he…...