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Looking Back: Newport secedes from New Hampshire and joins Vermont – though briefly
THE NOTABLE EVENTS of Newport’s early history are documented in the 1879 book, “The History of Newport, New Hampshire, from ...
19th-century toddler may have died from doctor’s mercury treatment, bones reveal
Rickets is a disease seen in children caused by severe vitamin D deficiencies, according to the study. Archaeologists can detect rickets in human remains because the disease “impairs the ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
Can A.I. Resurrect a Delacroix Mural That Was Destroyed in a Fire More Than 150 Years Ago?
A new project called Digital Delacroix is training cutting-edge technology on the French painter's style to unravel the lost ...
Smithsonian Magazine4d
How an American Merchant, a French Official and a Pioneering Chemist Smuggled Much-Needed Gunpowder to the Continental Army
Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...
York in American History: The first European explorers
Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), ...
U.S. News Travel4d
International Monument of the Reformation (Le Mur des Réformateurs)
Geneva played a pivotal role in the Reformation with theologians like John Calvin, William Farel and Théodore de Bèze all calling the area home during the 16th century Protestant movement. Today the ...
Quote of the Day: Where America and France Secured Their Bond
LOUIS TEYSSEDOU, a history teacher from France, on older villagers in Cantigny keeping alive the memory of the American forces that helped save the town in the northern part of the country and rescue ...