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Traveling exhibit showcases Spanish Pensacola???s Aztec ties
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (63+ words) Traveling exhibit showcases Spanish Pensacola’s Aztec ties Navarre Press During September and October, a traveling exhibit featuring artifacts from the first Spanish settlement in the New World will shine a light on Pensacola’s connection to the Aztec people. “Indios Amigos:…...
Iowa community restores historic cabin from 1859
2+ hour, 23+ min ago (246+ words) The community of Story City in Iowa has come together to save a historic cabin originally built in 1859. STORY CITY, Iowa (KCCI) -- A historic cabin built in 1859 northeast of Story City has been restored to its original condition, highlighting the…...
Volunteers work to preserve Tuscaloosa's Battle-Friedman House
58+ min ago (190+ words) Volunteers spent a recent Saturday cleaning up the historic Battle-Friedman House in downtown Tuscaloosa in an effort to preserve the city’s history. Preservation efforts consisted of indoor cleaning, polishing and yard work throughout the property, which is owned by the…...
The hidden traces of the past
9+ min ago (405+ words) While many students were away for the summer, 12 University of South Dakota students spent two weeks unearthing history. The Archaeology Field School, led by Anthony Krus, chair of the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, spent its time at the Bear…...
Photos: Reenactors visit Saratoga National Historical Park
53+ min ago (195+ words) SCHUYLERVILLE - Revolutionary War reenactors visited Saratoga National Historical Park Saturday to mark the 249th anniversary of the 1777 Battles of Saratoga. Continentalsoldiers representing the 2nd, 3rd and 15th Massachusetts regiments were encamped near Benedict Arnold's headquarters, at tour stop No. 2 in Schuylerville, where troops defended…...
Profs & Pints Annapolis Explores the Ancient Origins of Things That Go Bump in the Night
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (381+ words) Ghosts, demons, witches, shape-shifters, and even the ancient equivalents of vampires and zombies will take center stage when Profs & Pints Annapolis returns to the Graduate by Hilton Annapolis on Tuesday, October 13. “Ancient Terrors of the Night” will explore what frightened…...
New York moves to protect historic African burial ground in Elmhurst
24+ min ago (882+ words) After slavery was abolished in New York in 1827, communities of freed Black New Yorkers began to grow throughout the state. One of them was Newtown, located in present-day Elmhurst. A group of formerly enslaved people formed the United African Society…...
211 Years Later, the Duke of Wellington's Line on the Art of War Is One of the Best Quotes is British Military History
20+ min ago (455+ words) Wellington said it to John Wilson Croker on September 4, 1852 — ten days before he died. The famous version is shorter than what he actually said, and weaker....
Ottawa Civil War sites open for limited tours
1+ hour ago (279+ words) The Wallace-Dickey Cemetery Preservation Association announces guided tours of the Wallace-Dickey Cemetery and the Wallace ancestral home, The Oak, on Sunday, Sept. 27 and again on Sunday, Oct. 4. Registration for the tours will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Ottawa Historical and Scouting…...