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Explorer Christopher Columbus and His Namesake Holiday Are More Polarizing Than Ever
Biography via Yahoo News· 8 months agoItalian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the Americas on a 1492...
Was Christopher Columbus a Hero or Villain?
Biography via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWas Christopher Columbus a Hero or Villain?Getty Images Whether you call it Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day, one thing is for sure—the holiday...
10 Famous Explorers Whose Discoveries Connected the World
Biography via Yahoo News· 10 months ago10 Famous Explorers Who Changed the WorldGetty Images When European explorers first began sailing...
How to Harness Mega Seaweed Blobs For a More Sustainable Future
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCredit - On Oct. 7, 1492, Christopher Columbus, aboard his ship the Santa María, had been at a...
Christmas Day is a unique date in history
WOOD via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s the “most wonderful time of the year,” but not always. Just ask the Hessians in Trenton or the crew of the Santa Maria....
Columbus controversy? Knights of Columbus are too busy doing good
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWith 32 chapters across the state and over 3,000 members, the Utah Council of the Knights of...
Festival of tall ships coming to St. Petersburg waterfront this weekend
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA flotilla of a half-dozen tall ships, including a replica of the iconic Santa Maria, will sail into the St. Petersburg waterfront for a festival onshore and off March 30-April 2. Tall Ships ...
The Nao Trinidad is on its way to St. Augustine
The St. Augustine Record via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSt. Augustine’s Municipal Marina welcomes the Nao Trinidad (Trinidad), a full-size replica of the tall ship Magellan-Elcan - the first ship to...
St. Petersburg tall ship parade sails into waterfront this weekend
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoST. PETERSBURG — A fleet of tall ships paraded around the St. Petersburg waterfront Thursday to kick off this weekend’s maritime festival of historic sailing vessels. For the landlubbers, parking ...
On This Day, Aug. 3: Coolidge takes presidential oath in Vermont farmhouse
United Press International via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOn Aug. 3, 1923, by the dim light of a flickering oil lamp in a little farmhouse at Plymouth, Vt.,...