History Spotlight
Why do Texans love bluebonnets? | A short history of the State Flower of Texas
Why do Texans love bluebonnets? | A short history of the State Flower of Texas
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Local Student Wins National Essay Contest-NJ
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Spring Open House & Costume Exhibition
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Student wins NSCDA Essay Contest-MD
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Local Student Wins National Essay Contest-NJ
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Property Spotlight
Harvest festival to honor city’s first apple orchard at historic home in Colorado Springs
The city’s first orchard will be feted at Saturday’s free Harvest Festival at the museum.
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Property Spotlight‘The heart of Austin beats here’: Juneteenth, visit city’s only intact slave quarters
For more than 150 years, the plain limestone building sat mute behind a grand house guarded by white columns on San Gabriel Street in the West Campus neighborhood.
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Project SpotlightThe Perfect Provenance
The only thing the homeowners of this historic house on Jones Street love more than researching, sourcing and acquiring fine antiques and artwork is sharing their passion with others.
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History SpotlightCome for gas, stay for history: Wilmington service stations date back more than 100 years
We don't tend to think of gas stations as being historic, probably because they're constantly being modernized.
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History SpotlightThe George Washington Presidential Library, Gunston Hall, and American Philosophical Society to Host Event Marking 250th Anniversary of Fairfax Resolves
To mark the 250th anniversary of the Fairfax Resolves, emerging and leading historians will convene for a two-day conference.
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NSCDA NewsBurlington County, NJ Announces Second Round of Local History Grant Recipients
The Burlington County Commissioners approved distribution of $19,150 in local history grants to three organizations preserving and promoting the county’s history and historic sites.
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Project SpotlightEvent Preserves Memories, Stories of Veterans in Midwest City
There’s hope to help veterans and future generations all by hearing their stories.
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Property Spotlight‘Dinah’ Memorial Unveiled in Philadelphia
Stenton, a colonial-era house museum in Logan, unveiled a new memorial to the Black woman known for outwitting the British during the Revolutionary War and saving the mansion from destruction.
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History SpotlightSulgrave Manor Celebrates 200 Years of Peace
Sulgrave Manor celebrates 200 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain in 2014.