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Over 30 years ago, at 1:24 am on March 18, 1990, two men dressed as police officers walked into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. 81 minutes later they walked out with $200 million worth of artwork (now valued at $500 million). They forced the night guards into the basement, and duct-taped their hands, eyes, and ankles. The guards were not discovered until the new shift came to relieve them around 8 am. When the police examined the gallery, they noticed that the missing paintings had been cut from the frames, instead of carefully removed. None of the pieces have ever been recovered. 13 pie...

Remembering Bishop Henry McNeal Turner Henry McNeal Turner (1834-May 8, 1915) was one of the most influential Black leaders of late 19th century Georgia. Turner was an influential pastor, one of the earliest Black legislators, a prolific writer, and a profound orator. Born in South Carolina, he was never enslaved and received an education through the assistance of the law firm at which he was a janitor. After traveling the South as an itinerant evangelist, he was accepted as a pastor in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church in 1858 and then pastored in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. I...

Local historian Nanette Napoleon, April 26, 2021 On the 160th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, The Conversation explored the stories of prominent men from Hawai‘i who fought in the war and were buried at the O‘ahu Cemetery. Local historian Nanette Napoleon shared what she's learned about the forgotten stories, many of which she's discovered while working on her book, "Hawai‘i Sons of the Civil War." She said a lot of people don't even realize there were people from Hawai‘i who fought in the Civil War. Following the storming of the U.S. Capitol in January, one lasting image w...

Throughout this year, the Bedford County Sestercentennial Celebrations Committee will be presenting a series of articles by means of the kind assistance of the Bedford Gazette (itself, a gem in the crown of Bedford County history). This series will be comprised of a variety of subjects carefully chosen to tell the story of Bedford County. The Sestercentennial Celebrations Committee sincerely hopes that you will enjoy this series. But more importantly, we hope that you will learn something that you didn’t know before. As Chair of the Sestercentennial Celebrations Committee, I want to than...

Athlete Karunananda kept Sri Lanka’s flag flying at Tokyo Olympics Daily News (via HT Media Ltd.) R. J. K. Karunananda who was more popularly known among his admirers as Ranatunge Karunananda developed his talents as an athlete after joining the Sri Lanka Army. He reached National level while coming third in the 5,000m race at the National Track and Field Championships in 1957. He was again placed third in the same event in 1962. In a determined effort to win the National Championship he won the 5,000m race in 1963 in 15 minutes and 18.2 seconds. ‘Karu’ who won the even...