In October 1980, Ronald Reagan, at the time the Republican nominee for president, hoisted Brady Spindel, 8, of Portsmouth, during a rally at the Norfolk Scope coliseum. More than 4,000 Reagan supporters attended. In February 1969, Medical College of Virginia nursing students Marsha Penney…
In 1894, during the second year of a four-year depression, the anger of working people gripped the nation. The economic downturn (the Panic of 1893) caused widespread bank failures, business closures, and high unemployment – up to 19% in some areas. It was widely…
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…
In the 1950s and 1960s, I grew up in Ohio, in a country with widespread prosperity and limitless opportunity. I grew up in a town where the country club neighborhood was populated by the usual run of doctors, county seat lawyers, and…
The copy has been state property since the 1940's. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Probably one of the most important pieces of President Abraham Lincoln’s history in the collection of the library and museum bearing his name will be on display for…
This is the third article in a five-part series on the creative economy and social welfare. Read Part 1 here and Part 2 here. Federal, state, and municipal interventions addressed a range of complex social, economic, and cultural issues. The interwar years…
This is the fourth article in a five-part series. Follow the links to read the previous installments: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. The Sinclairs owned and managed Rock Rest together. Clayton worked as a chauffeur at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, which,…
Don’t let the noise of November be a distraction. We’re just getting passed a raucous election season. We’re negotiating with family as to who will host Thanksgiving dinner. And those horrible campaign ads are now replaced with constantly repeating holiday…
PEACHAM â Nearly two centuries after Samuel Worcester left his hometown to become a missionary among the Cherokee people, representatives of the Cherokee Nation returned to Peacham to honor a man whose contributions continue to resonate across generations. PEACHAM — Nearly…
Central Avenue in Deep Ellum. A homestead, a planner and a pronunciation that stuck: Discover the stories behind four familiar Dallas neighborhood names. Before Oak Lawn became a neighborhood name, it was a homestead. Before Deep Ellum became known for…
American history from Indigenous societies and colonization to the present.
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