A woman who lived in the shadows of Harvard discovers, at 80, that her enslaved ancestors had links to the university.
Tag: Monuments and Memorials (Structures)
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A Proud Nuclear Town Grapples With How to Remember the Bomb
The A high school in Richland, Wash., is emblazoned with a mushroom cloud. But some are asking for better ways to recognize the city’s history-altering past.
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With Drought, ‘Spanish Stonehenge’ Emerges Once Again
The Dolmen of Guadalperal, a Bronze Age stone monument newly exposed by plummeting water levels in Europe, is now imperiled by tourists.
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A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids
A new study confirms a long-held theory that builders used the river to transport the heavy blocks that comprise the ancient wonders.
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West Point Has a K.K.K. Plaque Mounted Above Entrance to Science Hall
A special congressional commission that recommends the removal of Confederate symbols at U.S. military sites flagged the bronze plaque in a new report.