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Not All Mormons Are Latter-day Saints
The Wall Street Journal· 2 months agoESSAY On March 5, two denominations that share historic Mormon ties announced a major transaction. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—the...
During WWII, Native American code talkers used Navajo language to create an unbreakable code that...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCorporal Henry Bake, Jr. and Private First Class George Kirk, Navajo code talkers in the jungles of...
100 years ago, a Klan conclave met in North York. Today, things have changed for the better
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAbout a century ago, North York’s mayor and Borough Council and playground association members rode in two cars leading a parade. Five hundred marchers in full uniform followed. Participants ...
Voices: America’s true special relationship isn’t with the UK
The Independent UK via AOL· 1 year agoWhile we often talk about the ‘Special Relationship’ between the US and the UK, that relationship...
Tricking and treating has a history
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoHalloween parade in New York. AP Photo/Andres KudackiOver the past few decades, Halloween celebrations have gained in popularity, not only with children...
Thanksgiving hymns are a few centuries old, tops – but biblical psalms of gratitude and praise go...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoKing David playing the lyre in a scene from a 15th-century manuscript of the Book of Psalms....
Arab Americans are a much more diverse group than many of their neighbors mistakenly assume
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoZoe Sahloul, executive director of the New England Arab American Organization, center, celebrates...
Shavuot: The Jewish holiday that became all about children
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoA confirmation class in 1924 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jewish Historical Society of the Upper...
Jimmy Carter and Playboy: How 'the weirdo factor' rocked '76
Associated Press via AOL· 1 year agoJimmy Carter already had drawn months of media scrutiny as a devout Southern Baptist running for...
The Klan's 1920s' resurgence was felt in north country
Watertown Daily Times, N.Y. via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoApr. 27—The first Ku Klux Klan meeting in Northern New York that was open to the public began with a prayer. The main speaker then "brought forth a small, silk American flag, which he carried ...
