Anniversaries, Commemorations and Memory

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (362+ words) George Bucknam Dorr belonged to exactly the class of American that does not, as a rule, die broke. Published September 13, 2026 · How we edit Where they summered, from his fifteenth year, was Mount Desert Island, on the coast of Maine. The…...

8+ hour, 17+ min ago   (314+ words) Residents in Fairfax County, Virginia, can step back in time for free with guided tours of historic sites and a new challenge that lets visitors explore the county’s past at their own pace. The Fairfax County Park Authority announced that…...

13+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1103+ words) A decommissioned F9F-5 Panther jet used to train pilots at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Kingsville was donated to the city of Kingsville and installed Dec. 15, 1959, at Dick Kleberg Park. Its number 141136 was supposed to denote an F9F-8 Cougar; the plane on display…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (861+ words) “Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell and George the Third may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.” — Patrick Henry The man of “Give me liberty or give me death!” fame…...

23+ hour, 45+ min ago   (863+ words) Instead, he described himself as a "professional troublemaker". After attending his first free festival in 1972, the scene became part of Lodge's life and later, he left a brief career as an emergency paramedic in the London Ambulance Service to dedicate…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (111+ words) EWTN News contributor Colm Flynn speaks about his new documentary, ‘Hope After 9/11: Stories of Faith and Courage,’ which highlights stories of faith and cour......

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (56+ words) Rhodesian Brushstroke may be one of the most underrated camouflage patterns in military aesthetics, a fact that one of Wilson Combat's customers took good care of in this EDC X9.Born from counterinsurgency campaigns in Africa during the 1970s and '80s, the pattern…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (89+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. British Gen. Cornwallis’s sword, thought to have been surrendered to George Washington…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (668+ words) Here we are three quarters of the way through our semiquincentennial year, and how many of us — unless you have visited the National Archives or are up on your paper chemistry — realize that the original signed parchment copy of the…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (610+ words) A new space at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis explores the recent past and future of the movement. The National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis is an authority on the history of the Civil Rights Movement, from slavery…...