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Argentina authorities have declared the house in the low-income Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa Fiorito where football legend Diego Armando Maradona spent his childhood a National Historic Site, it was announced learned Tuesday.
If you’re ready to get back to that, no worries, it’s time. After 14 months of being closed due to COVID, Henny Penny Art Space & Cafe is open and ready for little artists and their parents. Kids and adults can visit seven days a week between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to make art, hang out, eat snacks, and drink coffee. Projects change from week to week, take less than an hour to complete, and cost $8. Past art projects include mini-animal canvasses, 3D animal cut-outs, and mobiles. Carrie Christian, art and activity coordinator at Henny Penny, breathes a sigh of relief to be back. Christian h...
Report calls for busts of Confederate leaders Bartow and McLaws to be removed and placed in storage until a more appropriate location can be identified
During a routine manhole excavation in Portsmouth, N.H., in 2003, a baby blue drain pipe was discovered, at the foot of which were several human skeletons. After a work stoppage to call in local experts, the mystery was partially solved: They were the remains of eight individuals of African descent. After the discovery, the site was officially deemed the Portsmouth African Burial Ground. With the support of the majority white community and thanks to donations from area businesses, generous citizens, and the city itself, funds were raised to create a monument designed to foster education, ...
Patt Gunn leads push for to rename Abercorn Street square for an emancipation rallying cry, 'Jubilee.'