A group of high school students and teachers in Rippey gave up their education when they volunteered to fight in the Civil War in 1861. But their story has been largely unknown in Greene County in central Iowa, and in much…
Friday, November 6, 2026 Nov. 5: NC voters approve two constitutional amendments limiting taxes/ Manteo Commissioners discuss filling board vacancy/ Annual OBX Tourism Summit today. By Submitted Story on November 5, 2026 At its monthly meeting in Raleigh on Nov. 5, the North Carolina Department of…
YEREVAN/SARANSK, Republic of Mordovia, Russia — Tatyana Yangaykina (born in 1978 in the village of Adashevo, Republic of Mordovia) is a Russian ethnologist. A member of the Moksha people, she was born in the Republic of Mordovia, a region in European…
The iconic Matterhorn in Zermatt, Valais, has long been considered the “ideal mountain.” This tourist magnet, with its impressive and elegant shape, is also geologically unique. The Matterhorn has now been added to the list of the world’s most outstanding…
Published 2:57 pm Thursday, November 5, 2026 West Kelowna is the latest community to install a field of crosses monument. At St. George’s Anglican Church on Brown Road and Main Street, a dozen crosses are engraved with the names of West Kelowna veterans…
Winters Express The Winters Museum will host a special grand opening celebration Saturday, Nov. 14, from 1 to 4 p.m. for its new exhibit, âHonoring 250 Years of Service: Thank You, Winters Veterans!â The exhibit recognizes Winters residents who have served in the…
Bruce Sinclair, Local Democracy Reporter Plans to restore a historic harbour building damaged by fire earlier this year are being recommended for approval. The Grade II-listed Pier Building in New Quay, now occupied by New Quay Yacht Club, suffered fire…
Manx National Heritage has reported the incident to police An important historic site near Castletown has been vandalised, with extensive graffiti spray-painted across the remains of a centuries-old building. Manx National Heritage (MNH) says it is ‘shocked’ and ‘disappointed’ by…
The discoveries came during an investigation by Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and AOC Archaeology, following the monument’s collapse in March 2025. What began as a conservation project has now revealed new evidence about the changing history of one of Scotland’s important…
Albany Rural Cemetery is one of the earliest and most significant examples of the Rural Cemetery Movement in the United States. Consecrated in 1844, helped lead a shift in the American burial tradition away from crowded, city churchyards toward sprawling, park-like…
How societies remember: museums, monuments, archives, and contested memory.
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