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News Articles: History

The U.S. Constitution requires a president to be 35 or older, but only a lower age limit exists. There has never been an upper one.

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Our presidential candidates have never been older. You can thank the Founding Fathers

The U.S. Constitution requires a president to be 35 or older, but only a lower age limit exists. There has never been an upper one.

July 11, 2024
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  • Natalie Escobar
This circa 1846 daguerreotype of Dolley Madison, made by John Plumbe Jr., was purchased for $456,000 at auction in June.

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  • History

This portrait of Dolley Madison might be the first photo of a first lady

The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., acquired the circa 1846 daguerreotype, which depicts Dolley Madison in her later years, at some point in her 70s.

July 10, 2024
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  • Alana Wise
 The Library of Congress acquired the papers of Leslie Bricusse an Academy Award-winning songwriter, earlier this year.

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  • Arts & Life

Take a sneak peek into a legendary songwriter's creative process

The Library of Congress has acquired the papers of Leslie Bricusse, the songwriter who gave us "Pure Imagination," "What Kind of Fool Am I?," "Goldfinger" and "Talk to the Animals."

July 05, 2024
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  • Bob Mondello
Spectators watch as fireworks erupt over the Washington Monument on July 4, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

The explosive history of fireworks, from ancient China to Revolutionary America

Pyrotechnic amusements from sparklers to Roman candles have long been a staple of celebrations in the U.S. and beyond, helping to mark national holidays, sporting events and more.

July 04, 2024
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  • Joe Hernandez
In 2016, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, left, and his running mate Indiana Gov. Mike Pence celebrate after accepting the nomination for president at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland.

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  • Politics

Will Trump give the familiar VP storyline a new makeover in Milwaukee?

Our system has long ago absorbed the lesson that vice presidents are chosen largely for effect, despite all the rhetoric about someone being the “most qualified person” to be “a heartbeat away.”

June 24, 2024
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  • Ron Elving
This month, Reveal from the Center for Investigative Reporting is releasing a story called "40 Acres and a Lie," co-reported with the Center for Public Integrity and Mother Jones magazine

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  • History

Black families were promised land in Georgia. The government took it away

The promise of "40 acres and a mule" is probably the most famous attempt at reparations for slavery in the U.S., but it is mostly remembered as a broken promise.

June 21, 2024
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  • Pamela Kirkland
Anna Lee Dozier purchased this vase at a thrift store about 10 minutes from her Washington, D.C., home. It turned out to be an authentic Mayan artifact that dates to between 200 AD to 800 AD.

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  • National

D.C. woman returns thrifted vase — a priceless Mayan artifact — to its homeland

A thrift shopper from picked up the vase at a store near her home in Washington, D.C. It wasn't until she went to Mexico that she realized she might have a piece of history sitting on her shelf.

June 21, 2024
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  • Emma Bowman
DJ Frankie Knuckles plays at the Def Mix 20th Anniversary Weekender at Turnmills nightclub on May 6, 2007 in London, England.

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  • Arts & Life

Who built house music? Test your knowledge with the Throughline quiz.

Electronic dance music is one of the largest and most popular sectors of the music industry. But do you know where it came from? Test yourself with Throughline’s quiz.

June 20, 2024
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  • Nic Neves,
  • Anya Steinberg,
  • and 1 more
 Archaeologists on a multi-year restoration project found 35 bottles of cherries and berries in five different pits in the Mount Vernon cellar.

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  • History

Centuries-old cherries were found at George Washington's home. What can they tell us?

Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.

June 20, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
The new main exhibition hall at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.,  on June 14, 2024.

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  • Arts & Life

Much Ado About First Folios — the world's largest Shakespeare collection reopens

The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is emerging from a four-year metamorphosis. Eighty-two copies of Shakespeare’s “First Folio” will be together on public display for the first time.

June 19, 2024
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  • Bob Mondello
Part of a welcome for the United States-Soviet commission on Korea on their arrival in Pyongyang on July 23, 1947, was this parade of Korean communists carrying huge portraits of Josef Stalin and Kim Il Sung. The commission visited Pyongyang, 165 miles north of Seoul, for the purpose of getting views of political groups on the prospecting.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Putin and Kim forge closer ties, resuscitating a defunct Stalinist alliance

As Russia's leader visits North Korea, Johns Hopkins professor Sergey Radchenko offers insights into the fascinating history of twists and turns in relations between Moscow and Pyongyang.

June 19, 2024
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  • Sergey Radchenko
The fountain features a sculpture representing Flora, the goddess of flowers and flowering plants.

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  • Art & Design

‘Savannah's beauty is our duty’: New fountain honors influential gardener in Georgia's oldest city

‘The Garden Keeper’ is the Ardsley Park neighborhood's first public fountain.

June 17, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Erica Joy Scandrett, right, 11, gets a final straightening of her Miss Juneteenth sash and tiara from her mother Tiffany Scandrett before a ceremonial wreath laying as a part of Juneteenth observances in Macon on Thursday, June 13. Erica won her post in part through her speech about the role of the major theme in Macon’s Juneteenth observances this year, Black Girl Magic, in her life.

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  • History

Macon's 32nd Juneteenth events salute ‘Black Girl Magic' and Native American parallels

The Juneteenth holiday falls on June 19. In Macon, people have already been celebrating for days.

June 14, 2024
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  • Liz Fabian
Sir Ernest Shackleton is shown as he arrived in New York on the Aquitania on a hurried business trip to Canada in January 1921. The wreck of the last ship belonging to the famed explorer of Antarctica has been found off the coast of Canada by an international team led by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society.

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  • History

Wreck of famed explorer Shackleton's last ship has been found off the coast of Canada

The explorer led three British expeditions to the Antarctic, and he was in the early stages of a fourth when he died of a heart attack aboard the Quest near the Falkland Islands.

June 13, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
An archival photo of Savannah's Forsyth Park fountain circa 1902 is displayed on a new vinyl laminate covering around a traffic light cabinet at the intersection of Whitaker and Gaston Streets.

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  • Art & Design

Savannah spruces up street corners with graffiti-resistant vinyl wraps adorned with archival photos

Some traffic light utility boxes now sport easy-to-clean vinyl coatings, decked with a blast from the past.

June 12, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
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