Harriet Tubman led military raids during the Civil War as well as her better-known slave rescues
Gen. Rufus Saxton wrote that he bore “witness to the value of her services… She was employed in the Hospitals and as a spy [and] made many a raid inside the enemy’s lines displaying remarkable courage ...
Discover Washington County's history at Headquarters House | Around the Corner
The story of the Headquarters House began in 1853 when Jonas and Matilda Tebbetts built the now-historic home.
I spent my childhood in the Palisades homes my mother cleaned. We're also grieving what was lost.
The daughter of a former Pacific Palisades housekeeper, author Yesika Salgado recounts the home and family that influenced her life and career.
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How two brothers tried to photograph the last survivors of the Revolutionary War
In the 1860s, two brothers from Connecticut endeavored to photograph veterans of the American Revolution who could have ...
When your parents move from your childhood home: Our Best Life
BATH TOWNSHIP, Ohio – My parents used to move me: packing up our big blue van for my freshman dorm at Miami University, ...
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Inside The Pig War Of 1859, When A Dead Pig Almost Triggered A Battle Between America And Great Britain
On June 15, 1859, an American settler named Lyman Cutlar noticed a pig rooting around in his potato patch on one of the San Juan Islands. The pig had "been at several times a great annoyance," and the ...
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Gloria Campbell, hailed as matriarch of Danville’s civil rights movement, dies
Her death was announced by Bibleway Cathedral, a church she co-founded with her late husband, Bishop Lawrence Campbell Sr.