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The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com > history > 06/13/2025 > cornwallis-sword-washington-revolutionary-war

The surrendered sword that gave birth to America returns to Virginia

4+ week, 1+ 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…...

Vancouver Sun
vancouversun.com > news > history-1945-flashlight-burglar-targets-yvonne-de-carlos-jewels

This Week in History, 1945: The Flashlight Burglar targets Yvonne De Carlo's jewels

1+ week, 9+ hour ago   (721+ words) The city was on edge in the summer of 1945 over what the press dubbed the Flashlight Burglar It was all crime all the time in the Sept. 4, 1945, edition of The Vancouver Sun. The rest of the world was celebrating the…...

The Sydney Morning Herald
smh.com.au > world > north-america > the-day-that-changed-america-and-shaped-the-world-we-know-today-20260826-p60rjg.html

The day that changed America and shaped the world we know today

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1711+ words) New York: When the Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI gathered for an all-hands panel last week, it convened at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum in Lower Manhattan, hallowed ground that was a smouldering wreckage 25 years ago. Part of…...

The Economic Times
economictimes.indiatimes.com > magazines > panache > in-1866-a-woman-disguised-herself-as-man-to-join-us-army-a-routine-medical-examination-eventually-exposed-her-secret > articleshow > 133613036.cms

In 1866, a woman disguised herself as man to join US Army. A routine medical examination eventually exposed her secret

2+ week, 11+ hour ago   (313+ words) In 1866, a woman disguised herself as man to join US Army. A routine medical examination eventually expose The Economic Times For nearly two years, soldiers serving alongside “William Cathay” had little reason to suspect there was anything unusual about…...

The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com > history > 05/09/2024 > national-archives-ancestry-digitize-records

National Archives and Ancestry team up to digitize millions of records

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (103+ 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. More military and Native American records are to go online over five…...

Democrat and Chronicle
democratandchronicle.com > videos > news > 08/25/2026 > who-is-buried-at-mt-hope-cemetery-famous-people-in-rochesters-historic-cemetery > 90675975007

Who is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery? Famous people in Rochester's historic cemetery

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (29+ words) Democrat and Chronicle Who is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery? Famous people in Rochester's historic cemetery...

Wilmington Star-News
starnewsonline.com > videos > news > history > 08/25/2026 > uncw-wise-alumni-house-was-once-home-to-jessie-kenan-wise-market-st > 91246128007

Wilmington widow tells all: How Southern mansion made its way to UNCW

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (26+ words) Wilmington Star-News Wilmington widow tells all: How Southern mansion made its way to UNCW...

Toronto Sun
torontosun.com > opinion > columnists > generations-landlocked-appalachians-come-back-erie

ZITO: Why generations of landlocked Appalachians come back to Erie

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (873+ words) Presque Isle State Park a deeply rooted cultural draw which solidified into massive economic engine for Northwest Pennsylvania Long before the furthest-left corner of the Commonwealth began welcoming millions of sunbathers, Presque Isle State Park in Erie, Pennsylvania, served as…...

Google News
starnewsonline.com > videos > news > history > 08/18/2026 > see-old-river-road-aka-the-wilmington-road-or-federal-point-road-fort-fisher > 91088505007

See old River Road, aka the Wilmington Road or Federal Point Road

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (28+ words) See where the old road from Wilmington used to end at Fort Fisher Wilmington Star-News See where the old road from Wilmington used to end at Fort Fisher...

The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com > opinions > 08/14/2026 > americas-flawed-founders-still-deserve-monuments

Opinion | America’s flawed founders still deserve monuments

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (85+ words) The Washington Post Some Americans may never have heard of Caesar Rodney, but he played an important role in securing our country’s freedom from England. He rode all night from Dover, Delaware, to Philadelphia to cast the deciding vote for…...