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A brief history of the American Revolution
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoEngraving of Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth. | Wikimedia Commons Just under a decade before skirmishes in Concord and Lexington would set off...
Two weeks in, this college in Clinton welcomes its first president: Mohawk Valley history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 7 months ago1812, 211 years ago Hamilton president The Reverend Azel Backus arrives in the village of Clinton to...
On This Day, Dec. 24: Coolidge lights first national Christmas tree
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn December 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge lit the first national Christmas tree on the White...
Mark Bennett: War of 1812 descendants work to place remembrances beside soldiers' graves
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 23—It takes effort to preserve a person's legacy. Otherwise, personal mottoes, anecdotes, writings, pictures and mementos get lost. Memories fade. Family histories dissipate. 1812 was a ...
Grave marking for veteran set for Oct. 8
Athens Daily Review, Texas via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 27—The Captain James Burleson Chapter, National Society United States Daughters of 1812 and the James Pinckney Henderson Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, will host a grave marking ...
Arbor Day effort maintains beauty of Sackets Harbor battlefield site grove
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoApr. 28—SACKETS HARBOR — The rows of maples at the Sackets Harbor Battlefield State Historic Site stand in formation, lined up perfectly as if loyal soldiers responding to a call of duty, pleasing ...
Remembering their sacrifice
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 1—A group of female descendants of veterans from the War of 1812 took a step toward keeping alive those soldiers' memories. Terre Haute's Julia Martin Chapter of the National Society of ...
Richard James Sherrill, career educator and historian of Harford, dies
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRichard James Sherrill, a career educator and historian who was a mainstay of the Historical Society...
Genealogy, Elite Clubs Focus of 88-year-old
Native News Online via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoNancy Polk McLarry does not watch much late-night television. Governor Harris was the first elected Chickasaw Nation Governor in Indian Territory. “I...
Dale C. Maley: Three War of 1812 veterans called Fairbury home
Daily Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe 13 American colonies initiated the Revolutionary War against Great Britain over their objection to Parliament's taxation policies and lack of colonial representation. The Revolutionary War ...
