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The U.S. Navy has a significant cultural role in the Chesapeake region. An obvious source of that is the Naval Academy in Annapolis. But there…
On Nov. 13, 2015, Islamic State militants carried out a set of coordinated attacks in Paris at the national stadium, in a crowded concert hall…
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CENTREVILLE — On the historic Courthouse Green, residents, officials and historians gathered Aug. 27 to honor Samuel Turbutt Wright, a Revolut…
On June 4, 1989, hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pro-democracy demonstrators and dozens of soldiers are estimated to have been killed when Chi…
On May 28, 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which forced nearly 50,000 Native Americans to relocate to designated…
Lifelong Betterton resident and historian Larry Crew stands at the foot of three gravestones in the golden light of waning day at Still Pond C…
On May 12, 2008, a devastating 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China’s Sichuan province left more than 87,000 people dead or missing.
On May 7, 1915, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the British liner RMS Lusitania off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 people, in…
OXFORD — The Oxford Community Center will dive into the Gettysburg experience with guest host Mickey Terrone, a civil war expert and local historian.
On April 9, 1865, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia…