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In age of misinformation, small group of NC residents keeps Wikipedia (mostly) correct
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoApricots. The War of 1812. Grant Hill. The second season of “Grey’s Anatomy.” Tables. There are 6.5...
American history resides in Hamilton: Capt. John Cleves Symmes and his 'Hollow Earth' theory
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the middle of a city park in Hamilton, Ohio, you can find a peculiar monument to Capt. John...
With cars and kaiju, artists Umar Rashid and Frieda Toranzo Jaeger subvert American myth
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 1816, Kentucky-born portraitist William Edward West created a print depicting the battlefield death of British Maj. Gen. Edward Michael Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans. At the time, ...
April 4, 1818: Thirteen stripes only, Congress changes flag design
WHTM via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWASHINGTON (WHTM) — It all started in 1777. On June 14 of that year, the Second Continental Congress...
Wilhelm: John Brown Jr. called to action to defend islands from Confederates
The News-Messenger via Yahoo News· 11 months agoLast week’s column, based on a book “Sketches and Stories of the Lake Erie Islands” written by Lydia J. Ryall and published in 1913, talked about John Brown Jr., the son of the famous abolitionist ...
Flynn: Logansport's Mount Hope Cemetery filled with untold stories
Pharos-Tribune, Logansport, Ind. via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJun. 21—I can't help but think of the line from the musical "Hamilton" as I walk through Mount Hope Cemetery on a chilly Friday morning: "Who lives, who dies, who tells your story?" I've just ...