In 1887, Mary Sasseen Wilson held the first Mother’s Day observance in Henderson, Kentucky.
History
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According to Atlas Obscura, one rural Arizona outpost is thought to be the oldest continuously inhabited locale in the United …
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When many people are asked who created the American flag, their first answer is Betsy Ross, which may or may …
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On July 4, 1884, “The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” was presented to Levi P.
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Over 200 years ago, Lewis and Clark went on an expedition that lasted three years.
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Union Oyster House in Boston began serving food in 1826 and continues to this day.
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In a groundbreaking discovery described in Current Biology, scientists have unearthed the world’s oldest amniote skin fossil in a cave …
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In the 1940s a spare room on the fifth floor of the United States Supreme Court building was converted to …
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The Brown Hotel opened in 1923 when businessman James Graham Brown set his sights on opening a hotel to rival …
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Middlesboro may look like a typical town, full of quaint shops and beautiful parks, but that wasn’t always the case.
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