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Andy Brack: New documentary digs into American Revolution

Index-Journal 18 May 2025
Legendary documentary film director Ken Burns last week said South Carolina was one of two violent colonies where it would have been really hard to have lived during America’s war for independence. The other was New Jersey .......
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Guest columnist Justin Taylor: Amherst in The Revolution

Daily Hampshire Gazette 18 May 2025
the American Revolution should not be treated like a relic or merely a holiday to be celebrated....
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Trump the Grifter

The Atlantic 18 May 2025
In the years before the Constitution was written, two of the most famous figures of the American Revolution were caught up in controversy over fears of undue foreign influence caused by their receipt of opulent gifts from European kings ... Americans cannot know now whether Qatari ......
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Jasper County 250 holds two-day event at Old House National Historic House

Bluffton Today 17 May 2025
To commemorate the 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution, the Jasper County 250 committee recently held a two-day event at the tomb of Thomas Heyward Jr., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence ... of the life and events during the American Revolution....
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Northeastern NC was vital in the nation's fight for independence

Daily Advance 17 May 2025
How did the American Revolution affect northeastern North Carolina? Often only referenced in the chronicles of Boston, Philadelphia and New York, the American Revolution also considerably affected the rural and coastal communities of North Carolina ... ....
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Lapulapu monument relocated to Maria Orosa Street in Manila

Manila Bulletin 17 May 2025
... to Filipino soldiers who fought alongside South Korea during the Korean War, and to the heroism of Lapulapu, the first recorded Filipino hero.“The French gifted the Statue of Liberty to the Americans, in tribute to the revolution that inspired their own,” Gordon explained....
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'Project Enduring Promise' — honoring those lost in battles of World War II

News And Tribune 17 May 2025
The Piankeshaw Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Ann Rogers Clark Chapter of the DAR are participating in an Indiana initiative called “Project Enduring Promise.” ... ....
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Republicans don't hate their own voters — the answer is much simpler

Alternet 17 May 2025
Before the Reagan Revolution, every American who wanted to and could pass the entrance exams could go to college; many universities (like the entire University of California system) were free, and you could pay your tuition at most other colleges like I did in the 1960s working ......
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Free Museums Abound in Pa. Find the One for You with This Guide. - exploreClarion

Explore Clarion 17 May 2025
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is another free option, and you can easily spend a few hours there. Just outside of Philly, there’s Valley Forge, where Washington’s army stayed for a winter during the American Revolution....
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Free museums abound in Pa. Find the one for you with this guide

Penn Live 17 May 2025
The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History is another free option, and you can easily spend a few hours there. Just outside of Philly, there’s Valley Forge, where Washington’s army stayed for a winter during the American Revolution....
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‘Andor’ is very Latino-coded. Here’s how.

The Los Angeles Times 17 May 2025
What better place to, pardon the pun, mine for inspiration than the vast history of resistance and revolution throughout the American continent? Here are a few ways in which 'Andor' felt particularly Latino....
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Local groups pushing to renovate Smith Family Cemetery in Willoughby Hills

Cascade Business News 17 May 2025
There has been a push to obtain funds to renovate the Smith Family Cemetery in Willoughby Hills. (Marah Morrison -- The News-Herald) ... (Marah Morrison -- The News-Herald). Show Caption. 1 of 2 ... Expand ... The Sons of the American Revolution has committed to obtaining new headstones for the Civil War and Revolutionary War veterans when the renovation occurs....
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Daughters of the American Revolution chapter to meet Saturday

The Courier - Waterloo 16 May 2025
The meeting will discuss the mission and purpose of the organization ... ....

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