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I know when I’m not wanted. And standing there, at the end of a crater-pocked boat launch, watching water — far deeper and faster than I had expected — surge

1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: Rose at 4:20 and walked on the beach, returned home and bathed. At 7:45 a.m. barometer 29.55, thermometer 84, wind south 2, clouds 5. One man died at Pilcher’s with the fever last night and Major William Fraser was taken sick, the sick are doing well. Made a copy of the replication in Ogden vs. Geiger and served in on Ossin B. Hart, Esquire and gave the original to Peter Crusoe at his house he not being at his office. Julia Tift pulled a cup of ...

There’s no mistaking the unique identity of America or denying the power of the nation’s global influence. But in a country where the Statue of Liberty was thought up and designed by the French, where trick-or-treating derives from an ancient European custom, and where even the music for the national anthem was composed by an Englishman, it’s also hard to deny that American icons sometimes have some surprisingly non-American origins. 10Cowboys And ‘Dudes’ The cowboy and his blue jeans...

National News Today in History Today is Wednesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2021. There are 184 days left in the year. by Associated Press Jun. 29 2021 @ 8:16pm Today is Wednesday, June 30, the 181st day of 2021. There are 184 days left in the year. Todays Highlight in History: On June 30, 1971, the Supreme Court ruled, 6-3, that the government could not prevent The New York Times or The Washington Post from publishing the Pentagon Papers. On this date: In 1865, eight people, including Mary S...

  During the Civil War, over 400,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were held prisoner at more than 150 different prison sites. Approximately 56,000 of these died in captivity. Although Andersonville is the most famous Civil War prison, it is only one of many Civil War military prisons that are preserved by the National Park Service. Today Andersonville National Historic Site tells the story of all American prisoners of war. Elmira Prison (New York) Battlefields.org tells the horrific details ...

His name is Mudd The McDonough County Voice A man whom many consider to be a bellwether for the dominance and flash of network television news in the 1960s and 1970s died last week. Roger Mudd was 93 years old. In one of his obituaries, the Associated Press wrote, "His career coincided with the flowering of television news, the pre-cable, pre-internet days when the big three networks...were the main source of news." Roger Mudd was one of a handful of news presenters who directed my career choic...

If only broadcast journalism had followed his lead.

Brian - I was saddened to hear the news of the death of your uncle Roger. Bottom Line: Yesterday I awoke to a note letting me know legendary broadcaster Roger Mudd passed away Tuesday afternoon. He lived a long and incredibly accomplished life. Many in news media paid tribute to his incredible career which began in radio and culminated in becoming the nightly news anchor between Walter Cronkite and Dan Rather at CBS News. From there he became anchor of Meet the Press and eventually, the work of...

Roger Mudd, whose TV network career spanned more than 30 years, once famously stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president.

Roger Mudd, whose TV network career spanned more than 30 years, once famously stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president.