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Encore: Charlestown Navy Yard Event Honors Local 'Rosies'
In this special encore segment host Callie Crossley speaks with Boston National Historical Park rangers about the legacy of the Charlestown Navy Yard Rosies -
14,000-Year-Old Piece Of Bread Rewrites The History Of Baking And Farming
Breadcrumbs found at an excavation in Jordan reveal that humans were baking thousands of years earlier than previously believed. It may have even prompted them to settle down and plant cereals. -
Proposed Memorial At Faneuil Hall Would Recognize The Victims Of The Slave Trade
The proposed memorial, which also highlights the fact that the Faneuil family derived its wealth from slavery, comes after a group petitioned City Council to change the name of the hall in June. -
For WWI Centennial, City Of Malden Adds African Americans And Women To War Memorial
The city discovered that the current memorial included the names of only a fraction of residents who served in WWI. -
181-Year-Old Lockkeeper's Tiny House Ready For Its Next Chapter
Millions visit the expansive National Mall each year in Washington, D.C., to see the towering Jefferson Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. memorial,… -
A Reading Of 'What To A Slave Is The 4th Of July' By Frederick Douglass
Last week, at Boston's Old South Meeting House, visitors and friends were invited to read excerpts from his speech. -
Why It's Ironic That We Play The 1812 Overture To Celebrate Independence Day
The music tells a very specific story about Russia’s defeat of Napoleon’s invading army. -
How A High Schooler Helped Reunite Twins 74 Years After Their World War II Deaths
The Pieper twins were killed in the 1944 D-Day Normandy invasion. Last month, they were laid to rest together in military cemetery in France — thanks to a Nebraska teen's history project. -
Somerville Teenager Killed in Famous WWII Battle Finally Laid to Rest
Marine PFC John Mac Donald died fighting in the Pacific in 1943 but was unaccounted for until his remains were discovered in 2015. -
Why Did The Framers Give The President A Pardon Power?
As the issue of Presidential pardons continues to dominate the news, we ask why the power was granted in the first place.
