1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (532+ words) A "swanky little" 9th Century Anglo-Saxon belt strap end is the star find of an excavation on the outskirts of a market town, say archaeologists. The discovery was made in 2024 at Halesworth, Suffolk, alongside the remains of Saxon burials and at…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (323+ words) PORT CLINTON " Johnson's Island resident, Dennis Kennedy, will be the Catawba Island Historical Society's spring speaker on May 13. His presentation will detail the background of Marblehead Lighthouse, the oldest continuously operating nautical beacon on the Great Lakes. It will begin…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago  (273+ words) The Malvern Historical Society will host a free program on the history of Fort Laurens as part of the 250th anniversary of the United States. The event will take place at 6 p. m. June 4, at Good Shepherd Hall, St. Francis Xavier Church in…...

18+ hour, 16+ min ago  (316+ words) Petoskey is set to honor the extinct passenger pigeon with a week of free public events and the unveiling of a new monument. The commemorative week begins June 15 and will include art and history talks as well as nature and…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (505+ words) Popular culture also reinforced these ideas for generations. It's important to note here that Mary was not blameless in fostering her reputation. She certainly could be imperious, volcanic, and excessive in her spending. But she did not deserve the derision…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (262+ words) NORRIS, Tenn. (WATE) " What could possibly be better than a day of launching 200-pound anvils hundreds of feet into the sky? How about two full days of fun, freedom, and gunpowder? To celebrate America's 250th anniversary, the Museum of Appalachia plans…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (238+ words) Today is June 9. On this date in: 1856: Nearly 500 Latter-day Saints were in the first handcart brigade as they began walking west to be with migration leader Brigham Young and others in the church, heading to Salt Lake City, Utah, from…...

16+ hour, 17+ min ago  (204+ words) GREEN " World War II-era planes will be featured at an upcoming MAPS Air Museum event. MAPS will host the Flying Legends of Victory Tour June 23 to 28. Visitors will have the opportunity to see and fly aboard a B-17 Flying Fortress and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (655+ words) CHARLES COUNTY, Md. (DC News Now) " More than a century after a rushed wartime shipbuilding effort during World War I, the remains of dozens of wooden steamships still sit partially submerged along the Potomac River in Southern Maryland " a collection of…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (897+ words) When I first moved to America, I made a determined effort to read up on American history. The need to do this " for someone educated in Britain " cannot be over-stressed. Most people outside of this country are entirely ignorant of…...