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July 5: Algeria's Long Reckoning with Empire and Memory
9+ hour, 42+ min ago (678+ words) Bow your head before you read further. What follows is not an anniversary tribute. It is an accounting. The fifth of July is not a feast. It is a debt. Here is its ledger, in order, from the first morning…...
The truth about how the British Empire is taught in schools
3+ hour, 14+ min ago (919+ words) The Spectator Australia The truth about how the British Empire is taught in schools William Dalrymple says that children "don't learn' about the British Empire at school. It is an "elephant in the room', he claimed on the Green party…...
America 250 The Missing Penman
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (67+ words) Gazette Xtra FILE - The Declaration of Independence is displayed at the National Archives on Sept. 16, 2025, in Washington, as the Archives unveiled a display for the first time of the entire Constitution and all 27 amendments as part of celebrations for the…...
The Hidden History: New book strengthens case for Caribbean reparations
12+ hour, 36+ min ago (752+ words) Newman, an associate professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, spent years tracing the monarchy's links to the Transatlantic Slave Trade through colonial archives, state records, slave-trading company papers, and the Royal Archives themselves. Her…...
WWII veteran, French woman reconnect 80 years after liberation of Lorient
14+ hour, 24+ min ago (111+ words) White County News WWII veteran, French woman reconnect 80 years after liberation of Lorient When 99-year-old Monique Souris walked onto Andy Negra's front porch last week, the two strangers immediately shared a bond that stretched back more than 80 years. One had…...
Lessons from the Ruins and Remains of Rome
19+ hour, 7+ min ago (714+ words) Good Morning Kashmir The streets of Rome were overcrowded on 29 June 2026, as if the entire city had taken to the streets to celebrate Saints Peter and Paul, the city's patron saints and founders of the new Christian Rome. Despite the…...
Back of Wea Tribe sign at Fairbanks Park. JPG
23+ hour, 22+ min ago (130+ words) Terre Haute Tribune-Star Extreme Heat Warning until FRI 8: 00 PM EDT The Wea Native American tribe that resided in what is now Terre Haute in 1776 " when the Declaration of Independence was signed, forming the United States of America " totaled around 1, 000 people,…...
REMINDER: Colonial Re-enactor Talk Now at Whippanong Library
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At least 3. 3m people were victims of Dutch enslavement, research claims
17+ hour, 41+ min ago (736+ words) Figure is more than five times the widely used 600, 000 figure widely cited in apologies by king and politicians At least 3. 3 million people were enslaved in the Netherlands during the transatlantic slave trade, research claims " more than five times the 600, 000 figure…...