BLACK HISTORY MONTH: NYC’s sacred — and segregated — Black burial sites
Many New Yorkers can cite chapter and verse about the African Burial Ground National Monument in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, but only a few know about the burial grounds and segregated ...
N.Y.P.D. Officer Who Fatally Shot Driver Should Be Fired, Judge Says
Lt. Jonathan Rivera was a sergeant in October 2019 when he shot Allan Feliz during a struggle in the Bronx. An administrative ...
This SC artist is ‘America’s Vincent van Gogh.’ So why was he written out of history?
A New York Harlem Renaissance artist history forgot painted impressionism, Black African American life in the Southeast and ...
Her Brother Disappeared in War 80 Years Ago. She Finally Got to Say Goodbye.
Margery Hop Wong last saw her older brother Sgt. Yuen Hop in 1943. He was a soldier missing in action, until researchers ...
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How the Hudson Valley played a part in the Underground Railroad
There can be much debate on whether a site was part of the Underground Railroad. Hudson Valley has its share of sites, ...
AZ's answer to Hollywood Forever Cemetery: Where the living gather and the dead rest
Starlight Memorial Park's owners want to "make the burden of grief a lot easier" by offering a final resting place with live ...
Hazardous icy cemetery sidewalk finally cleared after DSNY pressure| Advance gets action
The Lake/Sylvie cemetery, established in 1837, is a three-acre plot that is notably the final resting place of Staten Island’s third Borough President, Calvin D. Van Name, as well as hundreds of ...
Buffalo Soldiers: Rockland honors Black military role models amid warnings of lost history
"The Buffalo Soldiers hold a special place in our history, leading and serving despite racism," said Rockland Legislator Toney Earl.
Letters: California should get the federal aid it needs
Other writers question Trump's tariffs remembering Canada has long been our ally and question Hochul's budget and some policy ...
A New London cemetery's rich history paying for its future
The 174-year-old Cedar Grove Cemetery, the final resting place of whaling captains, politicians and industrialists — as well as early immigrants to the city, yellow fever victims and the more recently ...
Doomed DC plane pilot and NYC native was carrying treasured memento from late cop dad at time: ‘By the grace of God, we got it back’
His mother gave it to him, and he kept it, he flew with it the day-of — crashed with it. And thankfully, his mom got it back ...