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There is a familiar style of presentation in which the broken fragments of wall are neatly cemented in place while the former internal spaces are replaced by manicured lawns. This is the case at ...
Everyone knows the Basilica of St. Francis in Assisi, the burial place of the founder of the Franciscan order, as well as the basilica housing the Portiuncula. But few know the Eremo delle Carceri ...
CHICAGO U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today joined local leaders in honoring Emmett Till, on what would’ve been his 84th birthday, and celebrating ...
Bronzeville's Roberts Temple Church of God in Christ, part of the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, is restoring the building.
When Princess Diana died, she left her sons, Prince William and Prince Harry, her money and jewels. However, they don't have a claim to her family home, Althorp.
Emmett Till’s death shocked millions of people across America and was a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement, but many facts about his life and his murder remained unknown for decades.
Former Bishop Eamonn Casey of Galway, Ireland, is pictured in an undated photograph. The remains of the bishop, who resigned from office in 1992 after it was revealed he had fathered a child in 1974, ...
On July 25, 2000, an Air France Concorde supersonic jet crashed on takeoff from Paris, killing 113 people, including four on the ground.
The African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund announced $3 million in preservation funding to protect 24 Black historic sites across the U.S. — including Colored Knights of Pythias in ...
The annual arts commission program, which aims to “promote and sustain local artists and arts communities through the creation of new works,” is inviting Hoosier artists to submit proposals ahead of ...