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Was First Street Louisville's first named street? What to know about the earliest city maps
First Street and other numbered streets in Louisville were designed to be perpendicular to the Ohio River. Here's how those ...
Historic George Washington portrait unveiled at Yorktown museum
A newly acquired 1790 portrait of George Washington is now on permanent display at the American Revolution Museum at Yorktown ...
Portrait of George Washington goes on display at Yorktown museum
Beginning July 4, the portrait will be on display in the Declaration of Independence rotunda at the American Revolution ...
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Students uncover Colonial era secrets at Crown Point Historic Site
A team of students from Syracuse University recently uncovered a treasure trove of 18th-century artifacts at the Crown Point ...
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The radical life and tragic decline of Warren Starr Van Valkenburgh
A brief biographical sketch of anarchist Warren Starr Van Valkenburgh, who served as the editor for The Road to Freedom and ...
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Sharing American history — one rare document at a time
A rare broadside of the "Declaration of Independence, July 1776, on view at Seth Kaller Inc., Historic Documents & Legacy ...
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New York’s ‘Path of Liberty’ Celebrates America’s Independence on the Streets Where It Was Won
The public art installation is breathing the Spirit of ’76 into the nation today, saluting links in a chain extending back to ...
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‘The Revolutionary City’ gives everyone access to original documents of Philly residents living through the war
A massive digitization and artificial intelligence platform gives free access to multiple historic archives and thousands of documents.
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Brooklyn Heights’ St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church awarded $45,000 Sacred Sites grant for restoration
St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn Heights has been awarded a $45,000 Sacred Sites grant from the New York ...
Mapped: The Fastest-Growing Cities and Towns in America
Across the country as a whole, towns and cities of all sizes recorded population increases from 2023 to 2024. Growth was smallest in places with populations below 5000, which increased by an average ...
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Is New York City sinking? Study, maps show East Coast cities sinking fastest
Some of the biggest U.S. cities are sinking, and New York City is among them. An overall picture of the unique study — the first high-resolution, satellite-based measurement showing land sinking ...