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Looking back about 400 years Mark Gearhart was the featured speaker at the spring meeting of the Northumberland County Historical Society on Sunday, April 6. Gearhart explained how he developed a 17th ...
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The Northumberland County Historical Society (NCHS) will host historian and mapmaker Mark Gearhart at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at the Ball Memorial Library and Museum, 86 Back Street, Heathsville.
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Family vacations can create the best memories, but not if big tourist crowds cause long lines and stress for everyone. I ...
Elizabeth I died childless so was succeeded by her cousin, James VI of Scotland, who henceforth assumed the title of James I of England as well. James's accession meant that the three separate ...
A secret map of Ireland's coastline played a crucial role in taking down a powerful alliance of pirates that had based itself in the southwest of Ireland in the 17th century. The map, drawn by ...
On the eve of leaving the city for good, an English art dealer found himself captivated by a 17th-century apartment. By Nick Haramis A DECADE OR so ago, Nicholas Ward-Jackson woke up one morning ...
The tensions showed how right-wing Hindu leaders and organizations in India use historical grievances to fuel contemporary tensions. By Hari Kumar Anupreeta Das and Pragati K.B. Reporting from New ...
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — The United States Embassy in South Africa said Thursday it received a list of more than 67,000 people interested in refugee status in the U.S. under President ...
Snowy conditions may be returning to the UK, as the latest weather maps show wintry weather hitting as far south as Hampshire in just days. Weather maps from WXCharts, generated on March 19 using ...
Authorities in Nagpur, India imposed an indefinite curfew in parts of the city after clashes ensued over demands by Hindu nationalist groups to demolish the tomb of a 17th-century Muslim Mughal ruler.