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Non-profits bridge park funding gap | Outdoor | biltmorebeacon.com
7+ hour, 20+ min ago (1205+ words) President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses the crowd at Newfound Gap during the dedication ceremony for Great Smoky Mountains National Park in September 1940. A crowd estimated to number 10,000 people gathered at remote Newfound Gap for Great Smoky Mountains National Park’s dedication…...
Namibia to Rebury Remains of Political Prisoners Returned By South Africa
2+ hour, 59+ min ago (353+ words) Two Namibian colonial-era political prisoners, whose remains were returned by South Africa last week, are to be reburied in Namibia as part of Wednesday's Heroes Day ceremonies. They are among a group of Namibians who died in South Africa under…...
Holiday on August 26, 2026 — Heroes' Day in Namibia: Honoring Those Who Fought for Freedom
17+ min ago (463+ words) Heroes’ Day in Namibia falls on August 26 every year. In 2026, it will be a Wednesday. It is an official national holiday when the country honors those who participated in the liberation struggle and those who died for independence. In United…...
Why do young men in Ethiopia walk on stilts? The reason is surprising
10+ hour, 29+ min ago (170+ words) Among the Banna people living in Ethiopia's Omo Valley, young men learn to walk on wooden stilts from childhood. At first glance, this may look like a simple performance, but for them, this skill is closely linked to daily life....
The Eierlegende Wollmilchsau: How the Panavia Tornado Did Everything NATO Asked — and Survived | Afterburner - MiGFlug's Magazine
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (1002+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Jun 29, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments The Germans had a word for it. They always do. When Luftwaffe pilots talked about the Panavia Tornado, they called it the eierlegende Wollmilchsau — the "egg-laying wool-milk pig." A mythical creature…...
The Time 10,000 Miners Went To War With The Law
12+ hour, 31+ min ago (216+ words) On August 25, 1921, 10,000 miners and their supporters went to war with 3000 coal mine executives and their hired thugs — the largest labor insurgency in American history and the largest civil uprising since the Civil War began — in Logan County, West Virginia. The…...
Lubango survivors still demand answers from Swapo
23+ hour, 12+ min ago (820+ words) August is a painful reminder for Lubango dungeon survivors, who say the month reminds them of the notorious killings and torture of Swapo Party members accused of being spies of the South African colonial regime during the liberation struggle. Lubango…...
Caproni Campini N.1: Italy's Jet That Wasn't
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (343+ words) by Fortuné Leroy | Jul 17, 2026 | History & Legends, Military Aviation | 0 comments For a single year, Italy believed it had built the first jet aeroplane in history. On 27 August 1940, a sleek, barrel-shaped machine howled into the sky over Milan with no propeller anywhere…...
Watch a history of Labor Day
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (14+ words) Montgomery Advertiser Watch a history of Labor Day...
Mapping Canada’s trade relationships around the world
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (245+ words) Reading: Mapping Canada’s trade relationships around the world As Trump’s trade war drags on, can other countries fill the gap? As Trumpian chaos washes across the 49th parallel, many Canadians have found themselves wondering how we forgot the wise old adage…...