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On This Day, Feb. 10: Treaty of Paris formally ends French and Indian War
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOn Feb. 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also...
Tom Campbell: Wilmington's role in making NC 'First in Freedom'
Star News via Yahoo News· 4 months ago“First in Freedom,” our state license plates proclaim. Is this claim true? Great Britain was heavily...
Stolen from Biloxi decades ago, a rifle used in 1847 was just found hidden in Delaware
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA rifle stolen decades ago at Beauvoir in Biloxi was among guns and memorabilia taken from other...
Behind the Art: Fort Ligonier work depicts George Washington's 'friendly fire incident'
Tribune-Review, Greensburg, Pa. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNov. 27—Among pivotal French and Indian War dates is Nov. 12, 1758, when a raiding party of French troops from Fort Duquesne and their Native American allies went to filch livestock from the ...
Visiting Our Past: Documents give insights into rich Cherokee history
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRecently, this column's survey of Western North Carolina winters proved popular — and now I find I'd...
Historic black chapel and school in Sharpsburg designated National Historic Landmark
The Herald-Mail via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHARPSBURG — For most of the American Reconstruction period following the Civil War, a one-room...
Column: A Memorial Day Experience in Sandyvale
The Daily American via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBy Dave Hurst © 2022 Hurst Media Works Having been to the Sandyvale Memorial Gardens’ annual Memorial Day ceremony in Johnstown a number of times, I...
Let's Debunk Some "Facts": People Are Sharing The Lies They Were Taught In School, And Some Of These...
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSchool is, like, the one place we go to and expect that the things we're learning are definitely...
The truth about slavery in Erie County in the 19th century
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGrubb, Hamot, Moorhead, Kelso and Reed were prominent early Erie residents remembered today in...
York County’s Black experience: From slavery to a history center telling their story
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 6 months agoOn a day long ago, a crowd outside the Boston Customs House brought snowballs to a gunfight. Those...