Wood Bison Reintroduced into Alaska After 100 Years
April 9, 2015 – A herd of wood bison has been successfully released into the Alaskan wilderness, the first time the species has roamed free in America in more than 100 years. The animal, a larger relative to the more familiar American Plains bison, was hunted by Native Americans to near extinction by the early 1900s. The […]
Chair Lincoln Was Shot In Goes on Display
April 8, 2015 – The chair Abraham Lincoln was sitting in when he was shot will be on display in a rare, open-air exhibition April 15 to honor the 150th anniversary of the president’s assassination. The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, Michigan, is taking the upholstered rocking chair out of its protective glass case for the […]
10-Year-Olds Finally Meet Their WWII Hero
April 7, 2015 – A family vacation that included a tour of the USS Yorktown kindled an interest in history and led to a new friend for two North Carolina twin brothers. While touring the decommissioned aircraft carrier docked in Charleston, South Carolina, Carter and Jack Hanson met a woman whose brother had served on the ship during World War II. Wanting to know […]
Japanese World War II Atrocities on U.S. Airmen
April 7, 2015 – A new exhibition at a Japanese university acknowledges that its medical staff and students performed experiments on eight captured American airmen during World War II, even while the POWs were still alive. All the men died as a result. Professors at Kyushu University had voted to break the school’s 70-year silence on the matter. The U.S. documented the atrocities at […]
Mail Delivery by Mule to Grand Canyon Tribe
April 6, 2015 – The smallest Native American nation in America is located within the depths of Grand Canyon, hidden away from the national park’s millions of annual visitors. About 600 members of the Havasupai tribe live in the village of Supai, which boasts two churches, a café, general stores, a lodge, and a school. […]
The Third Day – Happy Easter !
