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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...
Today in History: December 24, astronauts read from Genesis
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis is Christmas Eve. On Dec. 24, 1968, the Apollo 8 astronauts, orbiting the moon, read passages from the Old Testament Book of Genesis during a Christmas Eve telecast. In 1814, the United ...
Dale C. Maley: Three War of 1812 veterans called Fairbury home
Daily Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe 13 American colonies initiated the Revolutionary War against Great Britain over their objection to Parliament's taxation policies and lack of colonial representation. The Revolutionary War ...