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ASHLAND MEMORIES: Ashland and the War of 1812
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOnce the surveyors had measured off the townships, the first White settlers came to buy land here in 1809. They had just begun to choose land and build...
Local historian's War of 1812 book inspires docuseries
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 23—SACKETS HARBOR — A book that was written by a local historian about the War of 1812 is being turned into a docuseries by the author's son. Patrick Wilder wrote a book titled The Battle ...
The tragic story of the Battle of Negro Fort
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPlantation owners swapped lurid tales of armed fugitive slaves running wild and fomenting rebellion. They soon lobbied Washington to eradicate the...
Long forgotten helmsman, a key figure in a sea battle off Maine during the War of 1812, is honored...
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 8 months agoSep. 30—When the American brig USS Enterprise defeated the HMS Boxer in a quick, bloody battle off Pemaquid Point during the War of 1812, the British captain was killed and his American counterpart ...
20-40-100 Years Ago -- Sept. 6
The Frederick News-Post, Md. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 6—100 Years Ago Sept. 6, 1922 One of the few surviving widows of veterans of the War of 1812, Mrs. George Shawbaker, Monrovia, will observe the one hundred and second anniversary of her ...
The Pro-Russia Conspiracy Theory That Almost Convinced New Englanders to Secede
Time via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPortrait of Emperor Alexander I (1777-1825). Private Collection. Credit - Getty Images GOP...
ASHLAND MEMORIES: The last days of Jean-Baptiste Jerome
The Times-Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Part 2 of 2) The French-Canadian frontiersman Jean-Baptiste Jerome welcomed the earliest Ashland...
The real threat to democracy: It's us
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 3 months agoThe two “alte kakers” (Yiddish − look it up!) who accuse each other of being threats to democracy both miss the mark. They are symptoms of the true...
On This Day, Oct. 5: Truman delivers 1st televised address from White House
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoU.S. President Harry S. Truman, pictured in 1949, delivered the first televised White House address...
On This Day, Dec. 24: Coolidge lights first national Christmas tree
United Press International via Yahoo News· 5 months agoOn December 24, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge lit the first national Christmas tree on the White...