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The economic mind and policies of Abraham Lincoln

JACKSON — Up here in the White Mountains, things frequently arent what they seem. The January showers in this Mount Washington Valley town often take their form as snowfalls in

.JACKSON, N.H. — Up here in the White Mountains, things frequently aren’t what they seem. The January showers in this Mount Washington Valley town often take their form as snowfalls

An array of cannons announced the canal's opening across the state.

The four jurors joining Michael Ignatieff for the Cundill History Prize this year are based in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In Montreal, October 4, 2020, the Jean Talon Market. Image – Getty iStockphoto: Marc Bruxelle Shortlist Expected in September Having announced that former Canadian Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff is the 2021 jury chair for the Montreal-based Cundill History Prize, we have news today (May 12) of the four historians who will join him on the pane...

May 11, 2021 GLOVERSVILLE — The Fulton County Historical Society, 237 Kingsboro Ave., will partner again with the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site for a virtual program exchange. These programs will be streamed live via the FCHS YouTube page, according to a news release. David Brooks, education director, SCSHS, will present DeWitt’s Duel: Political Rivalry at Ten Paces at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on the life of DeWitt Clinton. Recognized now as the “Father of the Erie Canal,” New York ...

Meet John Wilkinson, a ‘man of uncommon vision,’ who brought the railroad to Syracuse Posted Apr 28, 2021 A 1920 photograph of the reproduction the "DeWiit Clinton." Courtesy of the Onondaga Historical AssociationCourtesy of the Onondaga Histori Facebook Share By Robert Searing | Curator of history, Onondaga Historical Association One Hundred Eighty-Six Years Ago: In the spring of 1834, Syracuse was one of many small, but growing villages that had sprung up along the Erie Canal since the c...

Origin In April 2021, a fascinating segment on the CBS “This Morning” show, as well as a widely shared tweet, highlighted the rich history behind the song “Strange Fruit” — an anti-racist anthem made famous by Billie Holiday with her 1939 recording and subsequent live performances. In an April 25 tweet, Mary Rambaran-Olm, a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto, wrote: “Let me blow your minds. The writer of Strange Fruit (Abel Meeropol), was James Baldwin’s high school...

The Indestructible Townhouse Over 211 years, the Dickey House in Lower Manhattan has survived everything New York City has thrown at it. Soon it will become part of a new home for Public School 150. April 9, 2021, 8:00 a.m. ET When it comes to architectural survivors amid Manhattan’s eternal churn of destruction and redevelopment, it is hard to top the 211-year-old, four-story brick landmark at 67 Greenwich Street in the financial district. Originally the townhouse of the merchant Robert Dick...

Stan Lees legacy is complicated - this new book casts a shadow on it   Stan Lee poses in New York, June 15, 1978. (JTA) - Stan Lee, arguably the most famous American comic book creator, died at age 95 in 2018. Honoring his Jewish identity, many evoked the phrase "may his memory be a blessing" (coming from the Hebrew "zichrono lbracha") when reporting on his passing.   Just what this memory looks like, however, and what it should look like, is a topic that is increasingly up for debate.  To ...