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We the People: The nation's pursuit of equality was promoted -- and harmed -- by the Louisiana...
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAug. 7—Each week, The Spokesman-Review examines one question from the Naturalization Test immigrants must pass to become United States citizens. Today's question: What territory did the United ...
As It Were: Stagecoaches open 19th century Ohio to interstate commerce, travel | Ed Lentz
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIt was a turbulent time. Between 1815 and 1865, America grew at a ferocious pace. President Thomas...
Cicada-palooza! Billions of bugs to blanket America
AFP via Yahoo News· 4 weeks agoA drop of water lands on the back of a periodical cicada, a member of Brood X, on June 03, 2021 in Columbia, Maryland (CHIP SOMODEVILLA) They're loud....
Here's a look at how RI started celebrating the Fourth of July all the way back in 1777
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoJuly 4 is not really a military or veterans' holiday. But let’s not forget that our ability to...
Wide swath of US will get buggy as two cicada broods intrude
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoTwo sizable adjacent broods of periodical cicadas - the kind that spend a specific number of years...
The Cicadapocalypse is nigh. 7 cicada facts to know before it hits.
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 month agoTwo broods of periodical cicadas are set to emerge from underground for the first time since 2007...
Today in History: April 30, Vietnam War ends with fall of Saigon
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 month agoToday in History Today is Tuesday, April 30, the 121st day of 2024. There are 245 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 30, 1975, the Vietnam War ended as the South Vietnamese ...
4 Betrayals That Explain America
Politico via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEvery school child learns the story, even today. In September 1780, George Washington and his aide-de-camp, Alexander Hamilton, paid a hasty visit to Benedict Arnold, the hero of Fort Ticonderoga ...
14 Ways To Experience French Culture In New Orleans
Southern Living via Yahoo News· 3 months agoFrom Joan of Arc celebrations to French language classes, Creole cuisine to French film festivals, New Orleanians are proud of their more than 300 years...
I Don't Know If I'm Just Easily Impressed, But These 23 Useless Disney Facts Genuinely Fascinated Me
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIn the 1970s, someone brought a gun into Disneyland and shot the glass in the Haunted Mansion. The...