Tag: history
After 150 years, USS Monitor sailors receive military burial
The remains of two unknown USS Monitor sailors, recovered by NOAA and the U.S. Navy in 2002 from the ship's gun turret, were buried March 8, with full military honors, at Arlington National Cemetery.
FSA Andy- Jefferson County history
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The village of Mt. Pleasant, Ohio, in southern Jefferson County, is on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a National...
Farmers can be part of Smithsonian ag exhibit
Farmers, be a part of history with the Smithsonian National Museum of American History's new exhibit.
Appalachian life captured in new photography exhibit
A new photography exhibit at the Ohio Historical Society focuses on the lives of those living in Appalachian communities.
The National Archives celebrates two presidential centennials
The Richard Nixon display feature includes the telephone used to phone the Apollo 11 astronauts.
The Civil War helped shape today’s media
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Just as the Civil War helped reshape the U.S. militarily, new technologies and a growing demand for information during the...
Looking back through pages of farm magazine
At the end of October 70 years ago, farmers and farmers' wives were reading the Farm Journal. It was a dark period in the...
Who invented the motorcycle? Well, let’s see…
After supper on a recent hot Saturday night, I was sitting on my front porch nursing a cold glass of Pinot Grigio and watching...
Village of Zoar named one of America’s most endangered historic places
ZOAR, Ohio -- The Village of Zoar, Ohio, has been named to the 2012 List of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the...
