Kuwait Times One of the women, Patty Atavis, stares intently at the camera with a restless girl on her lap, Anna Whitridge, in a 1848 portrait. Records show that Atavis was purchased by a doctor in Baltimore County, Maryland, at age…
In a new book, Yale historian Alan Mikhail provides a detailed account of one of the first couples to settle in New Netherland, and how they managed to thrive despite being outsiders. “Before there was a place called New York,…
Turns out, the pernicious ideology was homegrown. As the young nation gobbled up territories and formed new states, the balance of power between free and slave states became a flashpoint for the small cadre of men — the Southern planters — whose…
At the end of 2025, 96,796 foreign nationals were permanent residents of canton Lucerne. Since 2000, their share of the population has risen from 14.8% to 21.9%. Foreign residents came from 167 countries in total. This content was published on Apr 9, 2026 The initiative to cap the…
Listen to the AI generated audio article. A City Between the Real and the Imagined Once the capital of the Bagratid kingdom, Ani has long evolved from a real place into an intensely imagined one. Already in medieval times, it…
On an 1834 Peruvian silver coin, Liberty stands proudly with a staff and a shield bearing the word LIBERTAD. Yet some surviving examples carry a second, startling symbol: the royal crown of Spain, hammered directly into the republican design. The 1834 Peru…
A web search of voting rights museums in the United States yields two locations, with one in Illinois: the Project XV Museum, roughly 90 miles southwest of Chicago in a town called El Paso. It’s built on the legacy of David…
Atlanta, USA – The name of American leader Martin Luther King Jr. has become one of the most prominent historical figures in the United States, after the country dedicated a national day to commemorate his birthday. This was done in honor…
Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 03.11.2026 04:37:00 (updated on 03.11.2026) Reading time: 2 minutes The journeys of Moravian families who crossed the Atlantic to build new lives in Texas will take center stage this November in a series of events around Kopřivnice.
Edna Maude Goulston – a distinguished Australian through academia, art and philanthropy Edna was born on 6 May 1910 in Sydney. She was the third of four children to John and Flora. Flora passed away three weeks after the fourth child was born,…
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