Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has officially opened the Voices Across the Atlantic exhibition at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. The exhibition is a major event in the US-NI 250 commemorations and will be displaying, for the first time on…
Morrisons Cove Herald James Wentz's Newpaper Columns Preserved From a young boy reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in a Hollidaysburg classroom to a U.S. Navy captain serving around the world, James E. Wentz has spent a lifetime documenting history, public affairs and…
Today, many Kansas Citians know the American Royal as an autumn tradition in transition—a storied livestock exhibition moving into a new era with its expansion in Wyandotte County. Fewer realize that this cornerstone of Midwestern identity owes its name,…
Oops All Berries Takes Spotlight in Virginia Breeders Fund “Day of Champions” Card at Shenandoah Downs Leslie Fox Keyser Elementary School Students Celebrate Heroes Day at the End of Red Ribbon Week VDOT: Warren County Traffic Alert for Nov. 2 – 6, 2026 Town…
But starting about fifty years ago, like countless other New England textile towns, Manchester fell on hard times, and in another generation the old mills on the river were looked upon by most townsmen as scarcely more than huge symbols…
On October 30, 1811, Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility is published anonymously. A small circle of people, including the Prince Regent, learned Austen’s identity, but most of the British public knew only that the popular book had been written “by a Lady.
Davidson County author Chris Maynard wrote "The History of the Coharie Tribe" and "The Siouan Tribes of the Carolinas and Virginia" to document the history, culture and connections of Native American tribes across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. For…
NEW ULM -- Mayor Kathleen Backer explored how a range of items can serve as primary documents that humanize historical figures during her full capacity presentation "New Ulm in the 1860s and 70s: Following the Paper Trail" at the Brown County Historical Society…
Who needs a reputation with a name like Wild Bill? Surprisingly, the cowboy wasn’t named Bill at all, but born James Butler Hickok. Bill, and especially Wild Bill, came later in life, and it’s a name his friends and enemies…
Kenny Dingman examines documents that were stored inside a time capsule for 100 years. KAYE THORNBRUGH/Press Liz Boutin is no stranger to historical artifacts. "Opening a time capsule was not on my bingo card," Boutin told a crowd in the…
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