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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Park Board attorney says it can’t change Lake Calhoun’s name
Easy Plugin for AdSense by Unreal By Anthony Lonetree, Star Tribune Lake Calhoun or Lake Humphrey? Never mind, an attorney suggests. In a three-page opinion addressing a potential renaming of Lake Calhoun, Brian Rice, attorney for the Minneapolis Park Board, … Continue reading
Jamestown dig probes historic church and Civil War earthwork
By Mark St. John Erickson, [email protected] | 247-4783 JAMES CITY —— When archaeologist William Kelso began digging at Jamestown in 1994, few historians gave him much chance of finding the long-lost English fort of 1607. Most believed the pioneering outpost had disappeared into the James … Continue reading
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Little church that made it through Civil War celebrates recovery from flood
Written by Vicky Travis The Tennessean HARPETH, Tenn. - What’s a little water to a 200-year-old, Civil-War-surviving church? To quote the pastor: Just one more thing. Harpeth Presbyterian Church on Hillsboro Road just west of Brentwood took on about 2 feet of … Continue reading
Kentucky News Review: New map of Civil War sites in Appalachia now available
By Lu-Ann Farrar — Online Content Manager, Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader Apr. 22, 2011 The Appalachian Regional Commission announced the new “Civil War: The Home Front” map guide to Appalachia. From a press release, “Visitors are invited to see the heritage farms, railroads, restored … Continue reading
6 Civil War Myths, Busted
Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer LiveScience.com One hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began, its echoes are still felt across the United States in lingering divisions between North and South, in debates over the flying of the Confederate … Continue reading
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