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Colonial America Is a Myth
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoColonies of North America in 1776, at the United States Declaration of Independence. Statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776....
Danger to Democracy: In NC, a national fear plays out in a fight over representation
Raleigh News and Observer via AOL· 2 years agoNorth Carolina's threatened democracy From Opinion: With narrowed access to polls, gerrymandering...
Solar Eclipse 2024: How much will North Carolina see and when?
WJZY via Yahoo News· 2 months agoNorth Carolina may not be in the path of totality, but we should still get quite the spectacle...
6 Wilmington-area places that once had a different name
Gannett via AOL· 4 months agoDo you ever wonder about the names of towns or cities? How and why did they get their names? What is...
Visiting Our Past: Early settler got a piece of the Promised Land
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf we wish to comprehend our region's history, we've got to get a handle on early land grants. Let's...
‘The Wide Wide Sea’ Review: The End of Capt. Cook
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF In March 1779, as the American colonies were locked in their bitter struggle for independence from England, Benjamin Franklin—then in Paris to...
The pioneers, problems and 'Ps and Qs' of early Erie County
Erie Times News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThese are just a few interesting looks at what happened as the Erie area grew. Expect two related...
Granderson: What to Black Americans is the Fourth of July?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Juneteenth celebration featuring re-enactors as Buffalo Soldiers. (David J. Phillip / Associated...
Elgin bound: There's more than barbecue and bricks in this Texas town
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoELGIN — You encounter them in every small Texas town. The miracle workers. The public citizens who...
For ultraconservatives in McCarthy's red California district, speaker drama in D.C. was welcome
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKevin McCarthy serves a reliably red California district. But conservatives voters there, who...