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This Navy place of honor now bears Farragut's name after the Confederate one was stripped
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCivil War hero and celebrated Knoxville native Admiral David Farragut has been bestowed with a new...
Helping secure a school choice constitutional amendment would secure Sen. Thayer's legacy
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months agoHe’s the captain of the football team racing out of the tunnel leading his teammates onto the field holding high a huge American flag. He’s Union Admiral David Farragut shouting “Damn the torpedoes ...
Fair winds and following seas, USS Mobile Bay
Navy Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoAfter nearly 37 years of service, after countless sailors called its humble hull home while carrying out a variety of missions worldwide, the...
Elleda Wilson: Staunch old ship
The Daily Astorian, Ore. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 1—From The Daily Morning Astorian, Aug. 31, 1884, a naval history tidbit: —There is crepe on the lintels in mourning at the Navy department. Our dearly beloved and tenderly nurtured Navy ...
Knoxville author wants everyone to discover more of what makes Knoxville great
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 4 months agoKristen Combs loved Knoxville for years before she ever moved here. Originally from Detroit, Combs remembers taking family vacations to East Tennessee as a child. And, as it turns out, many ...
For the 'Deliverance of Their Race': Black Civil War Sailors and the Medal of Honor
Military.com via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe aristocrats from Paris went down to Cherbourg, France, by special train to join the crowd lining...
Right-wing fake history is making a big comeback — but it never went away
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoVintage Revolutionary War print of General George Washington praying at Valley Forge Getty...
No more Robert E. Lee Drive? Battle over Confederate street names spills into court
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 8 months agoFrom Robert E. Lee Drive to General Forrest Court, several streets in the city of Forest Hills have...
Moving Tennessee history from fifth to third grade creates concerns | Opinion
The Tennessean via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn 2022 I wrote a column about where Tennessee history is taught in the K through 12 public school...
Kittery 375th: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard a town cornerstone since 1800
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis article is part of a monthly series celebrating Kittery’s history, as Maine’s oldest town...
