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How to Identify Real Civil War Relics - Confederate Camp Dig with Reenactors
In this special relic hunt, we visit a Confederate camp and team up with reenactors from the 48th Alabama Infantry to learn how to identify authentic Civil War finds. Their period-accurate gear and ...
Civil War marker has survived to tell the story of Union troops’ surrender
Roving historical plaque dedicated to the “The ‘Battle’ of Adams Hill” that occurred May 9, 1861, during which only one gun ...
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Making The Civil War: 25 Years Later
in a tree nearby. And the owl said, "Hoooo!" And the boy, tremblin' with fear, said, "It's me sir, John Albert, a friend of yours." (laughing) - There was one day on The Civil War when we decided ...
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Port: Amid a civil war, NDGOP struggles to even establish its rules
MINOT — North Dakota's legislative session just ended. While we were all following the bills that failed and the bills that advanced, an organizational process was taking place in our state's ...
Staten Island Advance18d
NYC civil service exam: Here are the salaries for positions open in May
The New York City civil service exam schedule is open for May, and some jobs pay more than others. The application period for exams opened May 1. Exam applications currently open include ...
The New York Times18d
HATFIELD-M'COY FEUD HAS HAD 60 VICTIMS; It Started 48 Years Ago Over a Pig That Swam the Tug River. TOM HATFIELD DIED LATELY Found Tied to a Tree -- Governors of Kentucky and ...
As they tell it on the Tug River, the war between the Hatfields and McCoys began just before the outbreak of the civil war ... tied them to trees, and shot them dead. The McCoys being Kentuckians ...
Al Jazeera English18d
Reporting from behind shifting front lines in Myanmar’s civil war
On a typical day, Mai Rupa travels through his native Shan State, in eastern Myanmar, documenting the impact of war. A video journalist with the online news outlet Shwe Phee Myay, he travels to ...
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An Alternate-History Channel on Reddit Is Gaming Out a Shockingly Realistic Second US Civil War
Alternate history writing looks at "what if" scenarios; What if the Soviet Union won the Cold War? What if the Roman Empire never fell? It's not just interesting escapism; it also allows readers ...
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'Pakistan using civil airliners as shield': India blasts Pak for not closing its airspace
India stressed that Pakistan did not close its civil airspace despite it launching a "failed unprovoked ... weapons along the Line of Control," she said. Also read: Indo-Pak war: 'We will blast...,' ...
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Sycamore Gap: What we know about two men who cut down famous tree - and their possible motive
Two men have been found guilty of cutting down the famous Sycamore Gap tree, in what a court heard was a "mindless" and "moronic" act. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were found to have driven ...
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Two men convicted of felling UK’s famous Sycamore Gap tree
Two men have been found guilty of criminal damage for felling a landmark sycamore tree in northern England. Daniel Graham, 39, and Adam Carruthers, 32, were each found guilty of two counts of ...
CBS News19d
2 men convicted for cutting down iconic Sycamore Gap tree, toppling it onto ancient Hadrian's Wall in England
Two men were convicted Friday of cutting down Britain's beloved Sycamore Gap tree in 2023 in an unexplained act of vandalism that caused widespread outrage. Daniel Graham and Adam Carruthers were ...