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Imagine what it was like in Austin when famed short-story writer O. Henry lived here
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoOne of the most famous writers in Texas history is rarely identified as a Texan. William Sidney...
Junipero Serra’s controversial statue represents California. Here’s how it could be replaced
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA California sculpture almost 3,000 miles away from home stood for nearly a century without much...
Five historic Connecticut locations chosen as ‘Sites of Conscience’
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 19th-century ethnic community. A school for women of color. A prison in a copper mine. The site of a Native American massacre. The state house where the Amistad trial began. Five state locations ...
99-year-old WWII veteran was on Normandy beaches during D-Day, now lives in Farmington
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoHis birthplace is named after a fictional Native American heroine from an early-19th century novel....
Red Cedar will take Iowa City audience on tour of world with folk music extravaganza
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn 1885, Jeannette Thurber founded the National Conservatory of Music in New York City. She had a progressive vision for the school and its role in developing the highest level of musical training ...
Call it woke, call it Disney-fied, but the ‘Lost Colony’ is better now — and needs help
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFive years ago, the makers of “The Lost Colony” got a mandate to modernize their saga of settlement...
From horses to trains: How the evolution of travel changed the presidency – and history
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEighty years ago this month, President Franklin Roosevelt became the first sitting president to...
'It's all history.' Fort Reno Cemetery works to keep memory of WWII German, Italian POWs alive
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEL RENO — About 35 miles west of Oklahoma City, a line of gravestones dot a small walled annex of...
Celia Cruz to become first Afro-Latina on United States quarter
Revolt via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCelia Cruz Celia Cruz, also known to many as the Queen of Salsa, will become the first Afro-Cuban...
Oklahoman Jim Thorpe receives Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously: 'Greatest athlete in the...
Gannett via AOL· 3 weeks agoPresident Biden announced Friday one of Oklahoma's most famous athletes is being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously. Jim Thorpe, who was Sac and Fox, was born in Prague, ...