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Negro Leagues Legend’s Descendant Working to Give Players Dignity in Death
Sports Illustrated· 2 hours agoSam Streeter was known for his curveball. The lefty won pennants with the Pittsburgh Crawfords in...
Inside the tortured history of the internet's most famous haunted lake
The Daily Dot· 13 minutes agoThe officers met on the scene and were led down a walking path parallel to the lake where they found an extension cord fashioned around a tree stump and ...
After 74 years, Korean War soldier who went MIA is laid to rest with full military honors
WBTV Charlotte· 2 days agoAfter more than seven decades, a young soldier from Illinois who went missing during the Korean War...
In Normandy, a Jewish D-Day veteran buried in a Nazi mass grave will receive a proper burial 80...
JTA· 1 day agoNathan Baskind was killed in action shortly after D-Day. A year-long investigation found his remains...
Hopes to reunite Sheffield WW2 Sgt's cricket cap with family
BBC News· 2 days agoNorton Woodseats Cricket Club is hoping to reunite Geoffrey Slater's cricket cap with his family.
Finding Your Roots With Help From Your Phone
New York Times· 2 days agoAs you visit libraries, archives and cemeteries in pursuit of your roots, keep your smartphone or tablet at hand — it can help with translation tools,...
Tampa council member has work, social ties to embattled Italian Club
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 day agoTAMPA — Angela Alderman Wynn has long asked the Tampa City Council for help with a question: Did...
Remains from World War II identified as Roanoke man
WRIC 8 News Richmond· 3 days agoThe Defense Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Accounting Agency has announced that it has accounted for a 21-year-old Roanoke man who was...
Chesterfield seeks descendants of graves unearthed at construction site
Richmond Times-Dispatch· 2 days agoChesterfield has launched a search for descendants of gravesites found during the Nash Road...
Reporter's notebook: A Black WWII hero is finally honored, 80 years after lifesaving D-Day courage
ABC News via Yahoo News· 3 days agos final resting place, you start on Eisenhower Drive. At the end of Marshall Drive, you make a half...