Historical monument

A collection of seven Super Bowl championship rings attest to the incredible heights Tom Brady has reached during his 23-year NFL career. Now he has taken another step that demonstrates the equally incredible length of this career.In the…

No. 2 Ohio State (8-0) travels to Evanston, Illinois on Saturday to face Northwestern (1-7). Credit: Katie Good | Asst. photo editor The focus is solely on the Buckeyes. The first college football playoff standings were released…

Many of the best known and pivotal moments in LGBTQ+ history – and the places associated with them – revolve around East and West Coast cities like San Francisco and New York or LGBTQ+ beach towns like…

The tragic Munich air disaster of 1958 devastated this great team, but the development of United's young players continued. In the 1960s George Best, Nobby Stiles, David Sadler and others emerged, and when United became the first English…

fast news The monument, which is built in the province of Canakkale in northwestern Turkey, commemorates the Turkish and Hungarian…

LAKE CITY, SC (WBTW) – St. Therese Community Outreach and Empowerment gathered in Lake City on Saturday to visit historic sites and celebrate the town's history. The historic trail and virtual tour took place Saturday afternoon…

View of Sanborn Field from the adjacent Bond Life Sciences Center on the University of Missouri campus.Iwtwb8, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.In 1964, Sanborn Field located on the University of Missouri campus in Columbia (MU),…

Cemeteries become the target of vandalism every October, but there are ways to help preserve historic landmarks PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — With October being the hallmark of spooky season, Halloween-centric celebrations can…

CASS COUNTY, MI. (WNDU) - The old historic Cass County Courthouse was closed and vacated in 2003. Now, after nearly two decades of planning, it is set to reopen next year. It comes after last week's approval by county commissioners to…

VULCAN, Mich. (WLUC) - A historic Dickinson County statue has a new face. The restoration project for a wooden statue of a 62-year-old miner is now complete.As cars drive through Vulcan on US-2, a statue of a miner dominates the highway at…

"The Cradles of the Reich" by Jennifer Coburn (Landmark Sourcebooks)Gundi, Irma, and Hilde all end up in a Lebensborn Society home for expectant mothers considered racially fit. Every woman is there for the same reason: to bring life into…

By DAWN BAUMGARTNER VAUGHAN, The News & ObserverRaleigh's downtown park, which celebrates freedom and the African-American experience, now has its centerpiece: the 50-foot-tall steel Beacon of Freedom. Park board members and historians…

Ethan Page is ready to step in now that he's joined the firm and is in the limelight, and he recently discussed joining the band and more. Page sat down with ComicBook.com for a new interview about his history with Stokely…

If an ancient Roman was somehow dumped on Washington in 2022, he would be confused by a lot of things: cars, helicopters, cell phones. But there is something he would recognize right away. If a Roman walked into the Lincoln Memorial and…

Todd Graffagnini, digital contributor for the New Orleans Saints, is a walker. You can find Graff pounding the pavement somewhere around New Orleans almost every day. As the Saints travel overseas for the week, fans can join Graff as he…

BLOOMSBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Showcasing what the 167 Bloomsburg Fair has to offer, PA live! host, Chris Bohinski, visited many hotspots at the fair. From the pigsty to the catering tent, the Bloomsburg Fair has a lot to…

Udaya Raghunatha Birje, great-grandson of Private Raghunatha Rao Birje who served in the Mysore Lancers in World War I, recalled how his great-grandmother described the march of the Mysore Lancers through what is now RT Main Road in…

As a public historian, I was thrilled to learn that Philadelphia had decided to erect a permanent statue of Harriet Tubman. Following the outcry that the city had commissioned the statue from a white artist based in North Carolina, I…

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Dr. Hubert Eaton's home at 1406 Orange Street and 213 S 14th Street could be officially designated as a local historic landmark with the approval of the Wilmington City Council. The designation approval order will…

ATLANTA, Ga. (CBS46) – The funeral service for Queen Elizabeth II is scheduled to be broadcast live Sept. 19 from the Prince of Wales Olympic Athletes' World Monument at Pershing Point, officials say.Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning…

The Telangana government has decided to abandon the 24-year-old Charminar pedestrianization project, which was considered to give a facelift to the surroundings of Hyderabad's iconic landmark, Charminar, by the then unified Andhra…

As Cambridge's new city manager, Yi-An Huang '05, assumes leadership of city government and city council resumes regular meetings after the summer, councilors have once again turned their attention to a contentious issue: housing…

Dancers from the Ailey II Dance Company (Photo by Nir Arieli) The Community Folk Art Center (CFAC), a unit of the Department of African American Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, celebrates its 50th anniversary with a performance…

SIOUX FALLS, SD — Two Native American tribes in South Dakota have joined forces to purchase 40 acres around Wounded Knee National Historic Landmark, the site of one of the deadliest massacres in US history.The Oglala Sioux and the…

The USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear-powered submarine, reopened for public tours Friday after a $36 million preservation project. Located at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton, the Nautilus is the only…

This story originally appeared in the February 8, 2006 edition of Oscoda Press. There has been much…

Montgomery, Alabama CNN — Shortly after the United States Supreme Court ordered the desegregation of schools in 1954, Robert E. Lee High School in…

By SABRINA SIMMS ROBERTSON, Democrat NatchezMany St. Mary's Basilica parishioners are unaware of the dire condition of the church's third floor rectory, Reverend Aaron Williams said.Above the rectory's carefully maintained rooms and offices…

Workers line up to vote on unionization at Amazon's…

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland State University is set to demolish historic Parkway Manor in preparation for the construction of a new mixed-use residence hall or college building. The five-story brick building at 1609 Park…

It would be a first in West Louisville, but a local developer said he was ready to make history. Gill Holland has announced plans to bring a two-story hotel to the Portland neighborhood. The hotel, called the…

A Texas federal judge has overturned the state's ban on people between the ages of 18 and 20 carrying handguns in what appears to be the first major court ruling since a landmark gun rights ruling by the United States Supreme Court in…

Byrd Barr Place has served the Central District for decades with a food bank and other services. SEATTLE - Seattle's Central District is celebrating a kind of homecoming. Byrd…

A big project is underway to bring pieces of Morro Rock back to their original location.Up to 10,000 tons of rock will be transported by barge from Port San Luis to Morro Rock in the coming months.“It was a sacred place for the Chumash…

A brief history of architecture through photography Construction of the Empire State Building, New York. Image © Lewis Hine, Public Domain via Wikicommons To share…

JThe passionate embrace and kiss between vaudeville actors Gertie Brown and Saint Suttle lasts just under 30 seconds, but is thought to be the earliest example of black intimacy recorded on film dating back to 1898. C This is where the…

The pink Elephant Car Wash sign was named a landmark of the City of Seattle, in a unanimous vote by the Landmarks Preservation Board.Originally at 616 Battery St., the iconic sign was donated to the Seattle Museum of History and Industry,…

Scott Wise grabs a piece of sand-colored clay from a table made of 2-by-4s. The oily clay is warm to the touch, warmed by an industrial lamp a few inches away, so it's easy to roll it between its left thumb and index finger.Wise removes a…

Prime Minister Andrew Holness has stressed the importance of historic monuments, saying that while there is a tendency to downplay the building of monuments, they are important historical reminders that should be considered and treated with…

Every year, millions of visitors descend on America's national parks to experience the vastness, natural wonders, and dark skies of these great outdoor spaces. But near many of these fossil fuel-rich landscapes loom oil rigs and gas wells…

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Among the things that make urban buildings so important is that over time they become part of our memories and our lives. They are not just works of architecture, they are part of our common cultures.There may be ethnic ties or…

NO RESERVE AUCTION ON AUGUST 19 Truitt House, located in Suffolk's historic downtown area just off Main Street, will go up for auction on Friday August 19 at 11am.…

What is happening: Efforts to restore the historic Henry A. Chapin House received a welcome boost from the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) late last week, as the state announced that the town of Niles would receive a…

Photo: PTIHyderabad: To mark 444 years of Charminar according to the Islamic Hijri calendar, a seven-day photo exhibition was held at the historic site. The exhibition will be open to the public until August 7 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.In…

TEHRAN - The ruined monument was once an important arch bridge during the Sasanian era, around 1,700 years ago.But over the years, the mud-brick bridge, located near the modern city of Dezful in southwestern Iran, has fallen into disrepair.…

Mountains and more mountains on the penultimate stage of the Women's Tour de France, but also pretty little towns in bloom. And a castle. Just after the start, the runners pass in front of the magnificent Château du Haut-Koeningsbourg.…

Comment this storyCommentKYIV, Ukraine - Russian forces on Thursday launched massive missile strikes on Ukraine's Kyiv and Chernihiv regions, areas that had not been targeted for weeks, while Ukrainian officials announced an operation to…

Fifty years from now, how will historians view the early 2020s in York County?This issue is there in the light of growth and reform from past conflicts: the Civil War, World War I, the Spanish flu and the York race riots of 1968-69. York…

DES MOINES, Iowa - Before cars and interstate highways ruled Des Moines, the streetcar system ruled the roads. While the cars themselves are long gone, a man leads an effort to preserve a piece of the train tracks. The Waveland…

Comment this storyCommentRICHMOND — The scars where Confederate statues once stood along Monument Avenue are now covered in sidewalks or landscaping, and social justice protests have largely died down. But just across town, a statue of…

CNN Editorial Research Here is some general information about the Taj Mahal, India's most popular tourist attraction. The monument is located on the banks of the Yamuna River in Agra, India. Facts The Taj Mahal was built…

Between the sirens of air raids, amid updates from the front, push what saves. "I had the feeling in the early days, and even now, that there was sand in my mouth instead of words," said Olena Stiazhkina, a famous novelist and historian,…

Ongoing reconstruction and excavation work at Bungnam Gadhi, a historic fort, in Okhaldhunga violates existing legal provision, archaeologists say.In clear violation of the Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 2013, the Province 1 Ministry of…

It's hard to imagine what life on Earth would have looked like thousands of years ago, which is why it's so cool that archaeologists are discovering and digging for clues of what life might have looked like on earth. 'era. A recent…

STAFF REPORTS DARLINGTON, SC – Darlington Raceway will host the fourth annual Terrence Carraway Memorial 5K on September 1.Brown's RV Superstore will continue to…

"],"renderIntial":true,"wordCount":350}"> Editor's Note: On June 29, the Mellon Foundation announced a $13.4 million grant to the National Park Foundation to fund 30 postdoctoral fellowships in the humanities. These roles extend…

Comment this storyCommentSEOUL — For three decades, a crowd has gathered every Wednesday outside the Japanese embassy in South Korea. In the sweltering heat and biting cold, they demand Tokyo recognize that the Imperial Japanese Army…

From a distance, it looked like a thick fog on the horizon. But as the ship closed in, the ocean boiled as 150 fin whales, the second largest creatures on the planet, dove and scurried against the water's surface.Six weeks into a nine-week…

Former ANS Grand President Paulette Moreno greets spectators at the inauguration of the Elizabeth Peratrovich Bench, located directly opposite the site where a statue of Alexander Baranov once stood. (KCAW/Woolsey) Monday was Independence…

CHARLESTON, W. Va. – The line that zigzagged from the double doors of the West Wing of the State Capitol in Charleston on Saturday toward the State Cultural Center was made up of people from all walks of life, but they had come for one…

PITTSBURGH — Andrew McCutchen didn't move his feet. He didn't need it. They had. As Michael Perez's third home run sailed through the Pittsburgh night sky, the Brewers right fielder placed his hands on his hips and took a thousand-yard…

The Northern Territory Government has released a landmark treaty report, outlining a path to self-determination for Indigenous peoples through legally binding treaties.Key points:Final Treaty Report recommends many individual treaties…

CLARKSVILLE, TN - Here's a look at some of the best local reporting from Clarksville Now this week.Fortune article predicts lower home prices in Clarksville, local expert disagrees: In a recent article, Fortune listed Clarksville, TN among…

Placeholder while loading article actionsCanada is rarely seen as a destination with a rich black heritage. That's a mistake: The country's black history is full of hard-hitting civil rights movements and unsung black heroes.It is a story…

A six-alarm fire caused extensive damage to the Holly Hotel on Tuesday, stunning the small town with damage to the historic landmark.Holly, Police Chief Jerry Narsh said it was "at least" a six-alarm fire. Flames were already visible when…

FoodIf you like to try traditional food and you're feeling very brave, you'll want to try labskaus. Originally created to provide sailors with all the nutrition they needed, the dish doesn't look particularly appealing. Once you get over…

The NBA Finals could end on Thursday if the Golden State Warriors can secure another win at Boston's TD Garden against the Celtics.1 RelatedGolden State struggled to close the series on the road this playoffs. According to ESPN Stats &…

The creators of the LGBTQI+ story include, clockwise from top left: Harvey Milk, Jennifer Higdon, Edith Windsor and Frank Kameny. (© Bettmann/Getty Images; © Sabina Louise Pierce/The New York Times/Redux; © Richard Drew/AP Images; ©…

A shadow. A cloud. A distant rumble of thunder.The weather couldn't have been better for New Jersey's 30th annual LGBTQ+ Pride celebration at Asbury Park on June 5.And yet, in this Pride month, there was something in the air.“It…

NEW YORK -- The legacy of Broadway icon Lorraine Hansberry is honored amidst the Theater District.As CBS2's Steve Overmyer says, his image will be on display to inspire the next generation."It's a little overwhelming in Times…

June 07, 2022 Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin and Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (all D-Md.) announced federal funding of $1,937,953 to improve shoreline restoration and coastal resilience in…

The arthouse chain Landmark Theaters has signed a long-term lease agreement with the Playhouse 7 cinema in Pasadena.Located at 673 E. Colorado Blvd., the seven-screen, 1,300-seat venue will reopen under the Landmark banner this summer. "The…

The crew members of NASA's Apollo 1 mission were honored this week at Arlington National Cemetery for the tragedy that was the first in the history of the US space program. More than half a century ago, a fire during a pre-flight…

CHICAGO (CBS) -- December this year will mark 64 years since a horrific fire at Notre Dame des Anges school killed 92 students and three nuns. But for the relatives of the victims, the grief is still as strong. As CBS 2's Tim…

In fact, it was after Mr Johnson won the high jump that Hitler left the stadium in Berlin, before Mr Johnson received his medal, even though earlier in the day he had hailed the winners Germans and Finns. Historians have debated Hitler's…

Real Madrid captain Marcelo joined Thibaut Courtois and Carlo Ancelotti to answer questions from the press ahead of Saturday's game Champions League Final. For the Brazilian left-back, who joined Madrid as a teenager in 2007, the final…

The law on the prohibition of the exhibition of objects glorifying the Soviet and Nazi regime and their dismantling on the territory of the Republic of Latvia will be considered in the first reading this week and is expected to…

Cairo, May 24, AZERTAC Algerian newspapers Al Shuruq and Al Harir published an article by Chargé d'Affaires of the Azerbaijan Embassy in the country, Rafail Baghirov, highlighting the restoration of historical and cultural monuments in the…

Of the renewed line on the Gyanvapi Mosque in Varanasi built by him, in the troubled calm around his spare tomb near Aurangabad, Aurangzeb finds himself at the heart of controversy. However, a piece of history involving the Mughal Emperor…

College Dean Rakesh Khurana hailed the significance of the University's landmark report on the legacy of slavery in an interview on Thursday.The Legacy of Slavery report, a long-awaited academic initiative examining Harvard's ties to…

The year was 1568. Mary Queen of Scots, once adored and now disgraced, had escaped from her prison cell, gathered an army and marched to Langside Hill to face the troops of her half-brother, the Scottish Regent Moray.…

Of all the benefits of working in the National Football League, traveling is one of my favorites. Over the past 16 years, I've had the privilege of traveling with the Patriots to over 150 road games as part of my job responsibilities with…

Arizona is a state like no other. It is located in the heart of the American Southwest and is full of natural wonders, vibrant cities and charming small towns. The state is home to the Grand Canyon, one of the most popular tourist…

To symbolize reconciliation between his community and the Anglican Church, Indigenous artist Leroy Henry has designed an Eagle Tree of Peace statue, which will be a centerpiece of the Huron University campus in London, Ontario.Henry, who is…

MARTIN DE RUYTER/STUFFSotheby's International Realty Sales Associate Ian Keightley is marketing the sale of Wainui House in Nile St, Nelson. The 6417 sqm property has a current capital value of $3,651,000.A large historic Nelson property…

A stylish new look for one of Leeds city center's most famous locations will be officially unveiled at a fun celebratory event taking place this weekend. The area around Leeds Corn Exchange has been transformed by both a public…

As part of The Haitian Times' special coverage of Haitian Heritage Month, Haitians across bordershere are some of the historical monuments of Haiti located in the department of the North. Cayman Wood Bois Caiman is a site…

LAKE GEORGE, NY (NEWS10) – This Saturday, the Lake George Battlefield Park Alliance is appealing for help. May 7th is "I Love My Park Day" statewide and the historic lakeside landmark joins in the love. Battlefield Park enlists…

When reading stories of Arkansans who lived 100 years ago, it's easy to forget how these people died.All have been gone for more or less time; but as I come across accounts of their lives in newspaper archives, the dead seem less and…

The San Diego Sockers leave Saturday for Monday's opener of their championship series against the Florida Tropics. Photo credit: @sdsockers, via Twitter The San Diego Sockers have their second consecutive MASL championship in…

It's safe to say that the Fort Meade Old Rifle Range in Sturgis is history. STURGIS, SD - In parts of the Black Hills there are hidden gems or sites that may have their own history. It's safe to say that the Fort Meade…

A 39-year-old Argentinian tourist crashed his drone into a historic building in Rome and I could afford one fine of about 70 thousand dollars. It is accused of circumventing strict rules of the drone no-fly zone over the city. The man was…

Iconic civil rights and leader of the Black Panther Party by Fred Hampton childhood home in Illinois has been designated a historic landmark.According to WGNorganizers of the Save The Hampton House initiative, led by Hampton's son and…

GENEVA - The Geneva Historic Preservation Commission has recommended approval of a plan to remove the historic boundary from the entire Mill Race Inn property in the city's downtown area and apply it only to the 1846 limestone blacksmith…

The Mount Prospect Historical Society is offering a day trip by bus to explore the historical delights of the northern suburbs of Evanston and Wilmette on Saturday, May 14. Participation is open to the public and…

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World Heritage Day: This year, the theme is "Heritage and Climate".(Dossier)World Heritage Day is celebrated on April 18 every year to raise awareness and embrace ways to preserve cultural heritage. This day is also known as…

article A Catholic cleric carries a wooden cross during celebrations for Good Friday and the third anniversary of Notre Dame fire in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, April 15, 2022. (Photo by Jiro Mochizuki/Anadolu Agency…

JACKSONVILLE, Florida. —A proposal that would give Jacksonville voters the final say on whether to take down historic landmarks, including one in particular tied to the Confederacy, was presented to the city council at its Tuesday night…