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I was too young to get to really know John Thomas Green, my grandfather, Mom’s dad

The history of the Mexican American War should serve as a warning for rightwing U.S. politicians who are advocating for military action in Mexico.

This week in Mohawk Valley history, Abraham Lincolns nine-car funeral train draws thousands of Uticans to the Main Street depot.

Sullivan King's next album, Thrones Of Blood, is officially due out March 2023, as announced with his first single, "The Dead March," with Ray Volpe. Now,

Early newsreel films of Queen Victoria’s funeral in 1901 show the continuity between the past and present. Even with the best plans a quick response to hiccups was needed.

A million people were preparing to make their way to the centre of London for the funeral procession of Queen Victoria, a greater crowd than had ever been known before in the capital.

The streets of Dublin were thronged like never before on the day of Michael Collins funeral. Here is how the day was reported on in 1922. 

By ECB Wijeyesinghe Just after I left school I thought I should help in a small way to solve the over-population problem, which was then beginning to rear its head. I joined the Medical College in the hope that some day I would become a doctor. A merciful Providence, however, had other plans for me. […]

I can count on the fingers of one hand the people I know who still have a landline telephone, and I am not among them. Getting one installed in my new home is feasible but why, my children ask, would I bother? I have a mobile phone, albeit a very basic one, and what more

Do you have a favourite piece and want to explore further? We suggest some musical journeys that venture beyond the most familiar works, with some recommended versions. Geraint Lewis’s point of departure is Chopin’s ‘Funeral March’ Sonata