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Should a Florida state park still honor the Confederacy? Calls for change go unheard
Bradenton Herald via Yahoo News· 10 months agoOn a sunny spring day at a state park in Florida, the United Daughters of the Confederacy threw a...
Unfurling the facts in the 1901 Maine state flag debate
Portland Press Herald, Maine via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAug. 13—Secretary of State Shenna Bellows sounds unflappable as she anticipates her role in one of the more complex political controversies to divide the Maine State House in decades. In the ...
Juneteenth 2022: Where to celebrate around Eastern Shore, and what the holiday means
Delmarva Now | The Daily Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn June 19, Americans will celebrate Juneteenth, a holiday commemorating the day news of the...
From the Civil War to today’s mattress sales, Memorial Day is full of contradiction
theGrio via AOL· 11 months agoYale professor says Memorial Day’s origins can be traced to a Black parade held in Charleston, South...
Country music artist, rapper, YouTube star Upchurch coming to Stark County Fairgrounds
The Repository via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCANTON − Upchurch will perform his distinct mix of country, rap, hip-hop and rock on June 1 at the...
Connecticut auction to sell Warhol drawing of Queen Elizabeth
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA drawing by Andy Warhol of Queen Elizabeth II — found under a pile of frames and artworks at a California estate sale in 2013 — will be sold on Dec. 31 at an auction in Southington, the auction ...
Old Town Cafe fills empty La Placita location
Albuquerque Journal, N.M. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 6—When Michelle La Meres saw that the historic Casa de Armijo was up for sale this January, she knew she was meant to have it. "I just knew I had to keep it a restaurant," La Meres said ...
It was her dream to open a mobile hair salon. But this Black entrepreneur says she was run out of a...
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAngel Pittman told Insider one of her buses for her mobile hair salon was vandalized.Courtesy of...
Smokey and the Bandit Moved Car Culture 45 Years Ago
Road & Track via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAccording to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the “Best Picture” of 1977 is Woody Allen’s Annie Hall. That’s nuts. No one cares about...
Commentary roundup: What newspapers around the state are saying
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSan Antonio Express-News Jan. 23 editorial, "When will America finally say, ‘Enough’?" Where do we go from here? If the answer is the familiar debate about the Second Amendment, gun rights and ...