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When Is Memorial Day? Here's What to Know Ahead of the Holiday
The Pioneer Woman via Yahoo News· 2 days agoMemorial Day is a very important holiday, so if you're wondering when Memorial Day is in 2024, we...
What America’s first board game can teach us about the aspirations of a young nation
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days ago'The Travellers’ Tour Through the United States' is the earliest known board game to depict a map of...
What is Cinco de Mayo and why do we celebrate it?
Scripps News via AOL· 5 days agoWhat led to the Battle of Puebla? According to the Library of Congress, Mexican President Benito Juarez had cut payments of foreign debts ...
The 30 best things to do in D.C. this weekend and next week
Washington Post· 15 hours agoFollowing on last weekend’s Around the World Embassy Tour, the embassies of the European Union...
Gen X can add one more financial problem to its list
Business Insider via Yahoo Finance· 6 hours agoGen X is deeper in debt and more worried about finances than other generations You might be able to chalk up Gen X's invisibility to the fact that, per...
‘The Loves of Theodore Roosevelt’ spotlights 5 women who ‘created a president’
The Fargo Forum· 3 days agoEd O’Keefe’s original literary ambition was to write a book about Theodore Roosevelt’s formative...
Snips Of Beethoven’s Hair Reveal New Clues About His Deafness And Other Ills
Forbes· 1 day agoDNA extracted from Ludwig van Beethoven’s hair has already revealed intriguing details about the...
Newspapers and the D-Day Invasion: A pivotal role in WWII reporting
WJHL· 2 days agoOn June 6, 1944, a day etched in the annals of World War II, the D-Day invasion marked a critical turning point in the Allied efforts to liberate Europe from Germany.
On This Day, May 4: Construction begins on Panama Canal
United Press International via Yahoo News· 6 days agoConstruction of the Panama Canal is underway in 1912. The canal began construction on May 4, 1904....
Farmers chasing pig found remains in 1975, cops say. Now they’re identified as veteran
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoGenetic genealogy uses DNA testing coupled with “traditional genealogical methods” to create “family...