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A white mob in Ohio denied land to hundreds of former slaves, a lawmaker wants to right that wrong
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 6 hours agoDuring the height of summer in 1846, a mob of white Mercer County residents surrounded a group of...
Fact Check: It's Claimed Jefferson Once Said 'Beauty of 2nd Amendment' Is It's Not Needed 'Until...
Snopes via Yahoo News· 3 days agoGetty Images Claim: Thomas Jefferson said, "The beauty of the Second Amendment is that it will not...
‘Fffaaaro, fffaaaro’: How do cicadas make their signature sound so eerie and amazingly loud?
The Journal Times· 24 hours agoThe most noticeable part of the cicada invasion blanketing the central United States is the sound —...
Illinois is hit with cicada chaos. This is what it's like to see, hear and feel billions of bugs
Roanoke Times· 3 days agoCicada chaos is flourishing and flying. Trillions of once-hidden baby bugs are in the air, on the...
Shots fired reported at 100 block of Harmon Street, no injuries reported
The Cavalier Daily· 5 days agoLongo said that anybody who might have information pertinent to the case should contact the Charlottesville Police Department at (434) 970-3280. According to a community alert sent by Timothy ...
Blast Off With 50+ 4th of July Trivia Questions to Spark Your Smarts
LOVE to KNOW via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTrue Only one US president was born on July 4. Who is it? Calvin Coolidge Name the three US ...
Before Juneteenth
The Atlantic· 5 hours agoIt took place in New Orleans in the summer of 1864 to celebrate the day of liberation for the enslaved people living in the 13 Louisiana parishes...
The Dark Side of Alexander Hamilton
Reason.com via Yahoo News· 1 day agoBefore the subsequent outbreak of the War of 1812, Gallatin had reduced the national debt—which, by Jefferson's first term as president, had risen to $84...
Newest LOVEwork Unveiled in Newport News
Newswise· 5 days agoDepartment of Energy’s Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility unveiled a life-sized LOVE artwork, now on display at Jefferson... is about doing...
Library of Congress launches new ‘Collecting Memories’ exhibit in a bid to draw more tourists
WJTV Jackson· 7 days agoWASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress is unveiling an eclectic new exhibit drawing on the...
