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Everything you need to know about this year's emergence of two broods of cicadas
Roanoke Times· 3 days agoAre you ready for the 'Cicadapocalypse'? The last time this emergence happened was in 1803, when...
People are just finding out what Mount Rushmore was supposed to look like before funding ran out
UNILAD· 2 days agoSculptor Gutzon Borglum intended to carve the Entablature 'in an area shaped like the territory of...
On This Day, April 30: Japanese Emperor Akihito abdicates throne
United Press International via Yahoo News· 3 days agoIn 1803, the United States more than doubled its land area with the Louisiana Purchase. It obtained...
POPNOTES | OPINION: ‘Steel Magnolias’ not really a Southern movie, but it does have its moments |...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 4 hours agoThe South is freighted territory, thick with ghosts and nonsense, and performative professional...
Kentucky Derby at 150: The Powerful Force of an Immovable American Sports Tradition
Sports Illustrated· 2 days agoThe race predates the automobile and the airplane, radio and television, Edison’s light bulb and...
Source of Shreveport’s Red River is most popular state park in Texas
ABC 26 New Orleans· 2 days agoThe Red River is beautiful, with beige sand beaches and reddish-orange waters that stretch from the...
On This Day in History - April 30th - Almanac - UPI.com
UPI· 3 days agoOn April 30, 2019, Japanese Emperor Akihito, 85, formally abdicated his throne, becoming the...
The history behind poker
Stacker via AOL· 2 days agoBut the birth of the modern game called poker occurred sometime in the first two decades of the 19th century, cropping up around New Orleans, a former...
Draft grades: Bills trades are 'head scratcher' and experts rip deal with rival Chiefs
Gannett via AOL· 7 days agoGood for them for the chutzpah, but my goodness this is like France coming back to Jefferson after the Louisiana Purchase and asking, “Any more business ...
The World’s Fair drew big crowds from the start
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 3 days agoST. LOUIS • People began stepping from trolleys and Wabash Railroad shuttles before dawn. As bandleader John Phillip Sousa led a large ensemble through...