8+ hour, 51+ min ago  (203+ words) Civil rights Icon Andrew Young visited a literacy camp in northwest Atlanta to inspire young scholars. The former Atlanta mayor shared life stories and lessons from marching with Martin Luther King Jr. Students at Harper-Archer Elementary School read Young's co-authored…...

17+ hour, 31+ min ago  (303+ words) (WGHP) " As America prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, a look back at President George Washington's 1791 Southern Tour reveals an important stop in North Carolina. In May of 1791, Washington arrived in Charlotte during the return leg of a nearly 1, 900-mile journey…...

11+ hour, 5+ min ago  (730+ words) The Erie Maennerchor building, a longtime former social club in the 1600 block of State Street, is now considered a historic structure under the city's zoning laws. Erie City Council on June 17 unanimously approved historic designation ordinances for the Maennerchor and…...

13+ hour, 2+ min ago  (294+ words) The Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) is playing host to several seminars'and events'to'explore 250 years of transportation history along the Lincoln Highway. On Friday, June 26,'presentations will be made'at the'Yorktowne'Hotel'Wellspan'Ballroom, 48 East Market St in York City,'and the York College Gunter-Smith Center…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (521+ words) Pigeon handlers had one of the strangest communication jobs of World War II. These soldiers bred, trained, cared for, transported, and released homing pigeons that carried small messages back to military units. This was a time before Wi-Fi and satellites. According…...

18+ hour, 51+ min ago  (194+ words) Normandy Victory Museum in Carentan-les-Marais is a must-visit destination for anyone interested in D-Day, World War II history, and the Battle of Normandy. The museum goes beyond the landings by focusing on the long and difficult fighting that continued across…...

1+ day, 11+ min ago  (344+ words) The dustup over algae and failing paint on the National Mall in Washington might have some Worcester residents reflecting on the reflecting pool that once filled a corner of Worcester Common. The reflecting pool, 18 inches deep at the center, was…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (133+ words) A look at 1950s El Paso in photos includes Price's and Borden's Dairies, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, Braceros and the 82nd Airborne. .. El Paso Then: Our city has experienced some amazing significant and historic events. In the 1950s, El Pasoans were fondly remembering…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (181+ words) The Black Country Living Museum, in Dudley, held its annual Windrush event on Saturday....

2+ week, 15+ hour ago  (418+ words) A fresh study is bringing renewed focus to a 2, 100-year-old marble funerary stele from ancient Antioch, where one woman was memorialized through imagery associated with Tyche, the city's protector. The monument provides an unusual look at the way remembrance, status,…...