1+ hour, 8+ min ago (74+ words) In July 2026 an expedition will retrace the Alaska-Siberia air corridor used to send lend-lease aircraft to Russia during WW 2. Here is the story of the expedition that motivated this adventure. The 2019 Baikal-Alaska Sailing Expedition In July 2026 an expedition will retrace the Alaska-Siberia air corridor used to send lend-lease aircraft to Russia during WW 2. Here is the story of the expedition that motivated this adventure....

7+ hour, 9+ min ago (786+ words) An 1850 image of Anthony Benezet, a colonial-era Quaker and abolitionist, instructing black children. Public domain in the United States. Through 1775, George Washington owned slaves and thought little of blacks, although he later came to embrace blacks in the Continental Army. During the revolution, Billy Lee, his slave, was his closest companion. After the war, Washington wished to see slavery abolished. This is all undisputed fact, often in Washington's own words. The problem, which Burns ignores, is that this story didn't appear until around 1870, long after both Washington and Vassall were dead. Moreover, when the story first appeared, it was about Darby's father. For Burns to include this as a documented fact is actual malice. But that's just the beginning. Burns repeats a canard central to the 1619 Project: namely, that a central cause of the revolution was Dunmore's Proclamation and its…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago (299+ words) The attempted erasure of Black history within the U.S. military has gotten itself into a quagmire of resistance in a land far away and a time long ago, back to the days of Jim Crow. It also reflected recent efforts in the Netherlands to learn more about and make note of 172 African Americans buried at Margraten, including three from our region: John Clark, Jr. and Richard Willoughby of Norfolk, and Alpheus Hughes of Charles City County. For the Dutch, the Margraten displays were recognition of what Black soldiers faced in their country in 1944-45. It's history that should not be forgotten, if it is even known in the present day. The remembrance community surrounding Margraten has been proactive since the beginning, and reactive when it needs to be. Kees Ribbens, Ph.D, is director of the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide…...

13+ hour, 4+ min ago (299+ words) The attempted erasure of Black history within the U.S. military has gotten itself into a quagmire of resistance in a land far away and a time long ago, back to the days of Jim Crow. It also reflected recent efforts in the Netherlands to learn more about and make note of 172 African Americans buried at Margraten, including three from our region: John Clark, Jr. and Richard Willoughby of Norfolk, and Alpheus Hughes of Charles City County. For the Dutch, the Margraten displays were recognition of what Black soldiers faced in their country in 1944-45. It's history that should not be forgotten, if it is even known in the present day. The remembrance community surrounding Margraten has been proactive since the beginning, and reactive when it needs to be. Kees Ribbens, Ph.D, is director of the Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago (524+ words) When Britain finally abolished slavery throughout its colonies in 1833, more than 100 of the traders who received financial compensation were Irish " including Dublin's famous La Touche banking family ... Daring to be Free by Sudhir Hazareesingh: a powerful counter to "white saviour" myth Quietly devastating study explores how enslaved people fought their oppressors over four centuries "Ireland has its glory," Daniel O"Connell once declared. "No slave ship was ever launched from any of its numerous ports." The Liberator"s own anti-slavery record may have been second to none, but sadly this suggestion that his country had completely clean hands on the issue was mistaken. When Britain finally abolished slavery throughout its colonies in 1833, more than 100 of the traders who received financial compensation were Irish " including Dublin"s famous La Touche banking family whose Jamaican sugar farm had once recorded a captive…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago (1393+ words) Brad got his first taste of freelance writing for Comic Book Resources back in 2017 when he was working as a substitute teacher. Years later, after he decided to leave education, Brad wrote for a small tech website (now non-existent) called SmartScreens. 14 Major US Navy Ships Sunk During WW2 World War II was a tumultuous time that saw combat in both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans. Despite how large the planet is, a war that involved every major nation made it seem that much smaller, and no ship was safe " not even those still docked, as evidenced by the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941. By the end of the conflict, hundreds of American vessels, from battleships to patrol boats, met their end and sank to the bottom of the ocean. Some had their remains memorialized as museums, while others were never found. Some…...

19+ hour, 9+ min ago (484+ words) Native American Heritage Month is a great time to highlight a relatively unknown part of one of the most special cities on the globe: the contribution of Native Americans to the musical universe of New Orleans." Native Americans" contribution to New Orleans" music and culture is as deep and varied as were their relationships with New Orleans" first Europeans, Africans, settlers and slaves." The calumet ceremony was performed by the Chitimacha to greet Bienville and to signal a peace settlement. The procession was the culmination of a peace settlement between the French and the Chitimacha, who had fought a bloody seven-year war." The war had resulted in the mass enslavement and resettlement of the Chitimacha." Abundant Native American tribes occupied territory up and down the Mississippi River Valley area. They moved along the river and its tributaries, visiting kin, trading…...

20+ hour, 59+ min ago (674+ words) About 40 community members filled the Norfolk Public Library Tuesday evening for a presentation on the history and legacy of the Genoa U.S. Indian Industrial School, one of the nation's largest federal off-reservation boarding schools. The program, titled "The Story of the Genoa U.S. Indian School," was delivered by Summer Copeland, a board member of the Genoa U.S. Indian School Foundation and a direct descendant of two Genoa students from this school, and Jocelyn Robertson, a high school senior and museum staff member who has been involved with the site since childhood. The Genoa school operated from 1884 to 1934 on former Pawnee reservation land and enrolled nearly 600 students at its height, representing more than 40 tribal nations. Intended to assimilate Native children into Euro-American culture, the institution enforced strict military-style routines, English-only policies and the suppression of Native identity. "Genoa is sacred," Copeland said at the…...

21+ hour, 1+ min ago (250+ words) It stated:The 5th partisan brigade, having 770 personnel as of October 1, grew to 2,516 people within a month. With available weapons, many more new partisan detachments could be organized. In the villages, there are remarkable elders " Russian... On November 27, 1941, the Leningrad headquarters of the partisan movement sent a report to the Central headquarters of the partisan movement, signed by Lieutenant Colonel Alekseev It stated:The 5th partisan brigade, having 770 personnel as of October 1, grew to 2,516 people within a month With available weapons, many more new partisan detachments could be organized In the villages, there are remarkable elders " Russian patriots, experienced hunters, who declare:"Give us weapons, and we will show the youth how to fight " There are many such young people aged 16-18 eager to join the partisans.In many villages, peasants generally did not surrender a single gram of grain to the Germans…...

22+ hour, 25+ min ago (192+ words) Moscow faced the same fate as besieged Leningrad " historian Egor Yakovlev spoke about Hitler's large-scale genocidal projectAccording to him, the Nazis planned to surround the capital and destroy it by bombing. The population was supposed... Moscow faced the same fate as besieged Leningrad " historian Egor Yakovlev spoke about Hitler's large-scale genocidal project According to him, the Nazis planned to surround the capital and destroy it by bombing. The population was supposed to partially perish in the ashes, and the survivors fled east to Siberia, where they would starve to death. Thus, the German troops intended to depopulate the entire non-chernozem zone. See the program "Historical educational program" in VK and RUTUBE Moscow faced the same fate as besieged Leningrad " historian Egor Yakovlev spoke about Hitler's large-scale genocidal project According to him, the Nazis planned to surround the capital and destroy…...