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The Paris Games' Mascot, the Olympic Phryge, Boasts a Little-Known Revolutionary Past
Smithsonian Magazine· 5 days agoWhen France decided on a mascot for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games, it didn’t go with a...
Local Entertainment Roundup: June 20-27
The Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star· 3 days agoScheduled activities include: free fishing, boat launches and extended hours at Motts Run Reservoir; sunrise yoga at Riverfront Park; Preschool Adventure...
Arborglyphs – Basque immigrant sheepherders left their marks on aspen trees in the American West
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoMost of the men who etched these arborglyphs into the living trees were Basques who, starting with the Gold Rush of the 1840s, had immigrated from the Basque Country that straddles the Pyrenees ...