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Basilica of Saint John the Baptist, the cradle of Canton Catholicism, turns 200
The Repository via Yahoo News· 6 months agoCANTON − For 200 years, she has been a graceful presence at the northwest corner of what is now...
Letters: Gratitude for the legacy of Alhambra founder Ted Johnson
The Florida Times-Union via Yahoo News· 2 years agoI’m writing to celebrate the life of Ted Johnson, founder and creator of the Alhambra Theatre, who passed away last month. In the mid-1960s, Mr. Johnson made the decision to devote his time ...
Looking Back: When the Klan came to Chillicothe
Chillicothe Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was Monday, June 25, 1923, and the moon shined brightly in a dark sky above Chillicothe on a perfect summer evening. But this was no ordinary evening....
The fire-breathing preacher who captivated Detroit’s rich and poor in 1916
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoToday’s Free Press Flashback recounts an extended visit to Detroit by the entertaining Billy Sunday,...
Perspective: George Washington — the true father of the Constitution
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA statue of President George Washington stands in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Saturday, May 27,...
Perspective: In L.A. Dodgers controversy, ‘Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’ LGBTQ group wins at the...
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Los Angeles Dodgers hat with a rainbow logo is pictured on Pride Day at Oracle Park before a...
How a surprising detail in bank records helped a historian bust a longstanding myth about Irish...
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIn “Plentiful Country,” historian Tyler Anbinder uses bank records to paint a new picture of the 1.3...
The Klan's 1920s' resurgence was felt in north country
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 week agoApr. 27—The first Ku Klux Klan meeting in Northern New York that was open to the public began with a prayer. The main speaker then "brought forth a small, silk American flag, which he carried ...
Perspective: The dream of a religiously diverse democracy is ours to achieve
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn Chicago, where I live, here is what would be gone: Loyola and DePaul universities, Wheaton...
From Ireland to America: building the canals
WHTM via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLIVERPOOL, Pa. (WHTM) – On the hill overlooking Liverpool sits Union Cemetery. Founded in 1808, it has over 2,000 burials and hundreds of gravestones....
