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The forgotten history of Memorial Day
Indiana Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn the years following the bitter Civil War, a former Union general took a holiday originated by former Confederates and helped spread it across the...
10 Surprising Facts About Memorial Day
Time via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoSchoolchildren gather masses of daisies for Memorial Day, formerly called Decoration Day. Frances Benjamin Johnston/Library of Congress
Richard M. Sherman, Disney, 'Mary Poppins' songwriter, dies at 95
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe brothers also wrote what is arguably considered the most-played song ever, “It’s a Small World...
Mayor Elicker and others flock to Louis’ Lunch on National Hamburger Day
Eyewitness News 3 Hartford· 4 hours agoLouis’ Lunch in New Haven claims to be the birthplace of the hamburger. The restaurant, located on...
Environmental advocate Aaron Mair’s papers acquired by the Library of Congress
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 5 days agoThe records from the current director of the Adirondack Council’s Forever Adirondacks Campaign will be added to a new environmental justice manuscript collection at the Library</ ...
‘The Great Gatsby’ starring Robert Redford, Mia Farrow turns 50: 10 Hollywood classics celebrating...
Fox News· 4 days agoIn addition to earning 11 Academy Award nominations, it came in second in the American Film...
4-year-old drowns in pool in York County SC near Lake Wylie, coroner says
The Rock Hill Herald· 3 hours agoRose Blankenship had gone missing from her apartment before she was found in the nearby pool, according to a statement from the coroner’s office. No foul play is suspected, said Trent Faris, sheriff’s office spokesperson.
Here's where you can celebrate Pride in Western Pennsylvania this June
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review· 11 hours agoThe yearly, monthlong celebration in June honors the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which was...
Bloody anniversary: This brave senator was bludgeoned as tempers flared over slavery in Kansas
Colorado Newsline via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThis commentary originally appeared in the Kansas Reflector. Massachusetts Sen. Charles Sumner...
Tourists flock to Louis' Lunch to celebrate National Hamburger Day
NBC Connecticut· 3 hours agoIt's National Hamburger Day and in New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker met with the owner of Louis’...
