Historically Speaking: A look back at Exeter in 1921
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf anything can be said of 1921 in Exeter, it is that it was a year of calm. The year began with news that Robert Todd Lincoln, son of the revered former...
95 Facts That Are As Wildly Random As They Are Extremely Interesting
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 9 months ago1.Ketchup was sold as medicine in the 1830s. Thirty years before Heinz started bottling and selling...
Today in History: May 30, Joan of Arc burned at the stake
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoOn May 30, 1989, student protesters in Beijing erected a “Goddess of Democracy” statue in Tiananmen Square (the statue was destroyed in the Chinese government’s crackdown). In 1431, Joan of ...
The Lincoln Memorial at 100: How a monument to history became a part of history
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn May 30, 1922, a memorial to the "Great Emancipator" was dedicated in Washington, D.C., in front...
A memorial at war with itself — like Lincoln
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 5 months agoPlacid. Peaceful. You could be forgiven for thinking, when you look at the benign figure of Abraham Lincoln, sitting on his throne at the Lincoln...
When Portsmouth mourned President Abraham Lincoln
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThe first U.S. president born west of the Appalachian Mountains came quietly into the world on Feb. 12, 1809, but Portsmouth and the rest of the world...
Nature defines western New England, from Lake Champlain to the Berkshires
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBURLINGTON, Vt. — Weaving a kayak between boulder islands or sailing across sparkling, clear waters...
10 Things in Politics: Dems talk about Bidenless 2024
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 years ago1. ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: President Joe Biden has his party frozen. Biden may be riding high on the...
Voices: We may never know if Trump flushed documents down the toilet — but we do know something
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOn February 7, 2022, it emerged that 15 boxes of documents and other items that should have been...
Abraham Lincoln's relationship with his father? 'It's complicated,' says historian Wheeler
The State Journal-Register via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA former state historian said Abraham Lincoln's relationship with his father, Thomas Lincoln, was...