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Revolutionary War vet helped settle Monroe County. Why he remained in obscurity for a century
The Herald-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEditor's note: In honor of Black History Month, The Herald-Times is publishing Black stories, both...
The Declaration of Independence wasn't really complaining about King George, and 5 other surprising...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFireworks shows commonly celebrate the nation's birthday. Pete Saloutos via Getty ImagesEditor’s...
Mississippi’s Revolutionary War connection involves river pirates and a New Orleans governor
Biloxi Sun Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn 1775, tensions between American colonists and their British overlords had reached a boiling...
A brief history of the American Revolution
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoEngraving of Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth. | Wikimedia Commons Just under a decade before skirmishes in Concord and Lexington would set off...
Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away
Salon via Yahoo News· 8 months agoVintage Revolutionary War print of General George Washington praying at Valley Forge Getty...
The origins of the 2014 war in Donbas
Kyiv Independent via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThere is a reason why Ukrainians insist the world refers to Russia’s assault against Ukraine in 2022 as a “full-scale” invasion. Russia’s war against...
‘Glorious Lessons’ Review: John Trumbull’s Revolutionary Art
The Wall Street Journal· 3 weeks agoWith the notable exception of portraits, images dating from the American Revolutionary War are...
The 50th anniversary of Portugal’s Carnation Revolution – the peaceful uprising that toppled a...
The Conversation en Español via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPortugal is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution, which marked the end of...
Why the flag at the center of Justice Alito controversy flew in front of an NC building, too
Durham Herald-Sun via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoThe flag at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court controversy has also flown in front of the North...
‘Covert City’ Review: The Cold War in Miami
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoBOOKSHELF Miami has always been an American outlier—a subtropical metropolis full of glitz, intrigue, new money and an energetic cohort of sun-baked old...
