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10 Memorial Day facts about the history of the holiday
TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 days agoWaterloo, New York is the official birthplace of Memorial Day. President Lyndon B. Johnson named...
Biden repeats football claim to West Point graduates at commencement address
Fox News· 2 days agoPresident Biden repeated a claim about turning down an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy, where...
Richard M. Sherman, Disney Legend and Songwriter Behind ‘Mary Poppins’ and ‘The Jungle Book,’ Dies...
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAs one-half of The Sherman Brothers, he was the recipient of two Academy Awards The post Richard M....
Memorial Day honors those who served. At the White House, our military history runs deep.
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe East Room of the White House has become home to one of the White House’s most important and...
Today in History: June 2, Elizabeth II becomes queen of England
Midland Reporter-Telegram· 4 hours agoIn 1924, Congress passed, and President Calvin Coolidge signed, a measure guaranteeing full American citizenship for all Native Americans born within U.S. territorial limits ...
First Black astronaut completes his mission 63 years later, becomes oldest man to go to space
WSB Cox articles via Yahoo News· 6 days agoEd Dwight always dreamed of being an astronaut. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy selected the Air...
Billy Graham is having a moment. Can the late evangelist reach the religious nones?
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 1 day agoGraham, too, preached at Yankee Stadium — as part of a 16-week New York crusade in 1957 that drew...
Rugby-Influential former RFU president Morgan dies at 88
Reuters via Yahoo News· 3 days agoFormer England Number Eight and influential and innovative RFU selector and president Derek Morgan,...
Miami banker Raul Masvidal, once one of the city’s most powerful Cuban Americans, dies at 82
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 1960, a year after Fidel Castro’s revolution, his parents sent him to Miami. During the Bay of...
Porcher 'P.T.' Taylor remembered for a life of 'profound contributions' to Petersburg
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 16 hours agoHe also was one of a few men to see action in three wars. He received his master's degree in 1961...