This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: Lee White at the National Coalition for History
Jun 4, 2010
At its spring meeting, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) awarded 88 grants of $7,038,063 for projects in 36 states, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia. A list of the grantees by category is available by clicking here.Grants totaling $3.5 million were awarded for 38 archival projects. Twenty-five w
Source: Lee White at the National Coalition for History
Jun 4, 2010
Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero recently announced the appointment of Sheryl Jasielum Shenberger as the first director of the National Archives National Declassification Center (NDC). Her appointment is effective June 7, 2010.On December 30, 2009, Archivist Ferriero announced the establishment of the National Declassification Center (NDC) within the National Archives and Records Adm
Source: Lee White at the National Coalition for History
Jun 4, 2010
The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded 23 grants totaling $2.9 million to help preserve and interpret historic locations, where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II. To see a list of the 2010 grantees click here. In the program’s second year, the Japanese American Confinement Sites Grants
Source: Lee White at the National Coalition for History
Jun 4, 2010
The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) recently unveiled its annual report on the status of the nation’s historic battlegrounds. The report, entitled History Under Siege: A Guide to America’s Most Endangered Civil War Battlefields, identifies the most threatened Civil War sites in the United States and what can be done to save them.
Source: Lee White at the National Coalition for History
Jun 4, 2010
President Barack Obama recently named Milford Wayne Donaldson, FAIA, to be the next chairman of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP).
Donaldson currently serves as the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) for the state of California. The SHPO serves as chief administrative officer of the Office of Historic Preservation in Sacramento and as Executive Secretary of the State Historical Resources Commission. Prior to his appointment as SHPO in 2004, Donaldson serve
Source: Lee White at the National Coalition for History
Jun 4, 2010
The National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP) recently released its 2010 list of America’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places. To see the list of endangered sites visit the Trust’s website.Beginning in 1988, the NTHP has annually released the list to raise awareness of the serious threats facing the nation’s greatest treasures. Since the program’s ince
Source: BBC
Jun 4, 2010
A diary which publishers claim is that of the man many blame for the Tiananmen massacre is to be published in Hong Kong.
It gives details on events immediately before and after the killing of workers and students in Beijing in June 1989.
Publishers say the author is Li Peng, the man who announced martial law in Beijing shortly before troops moved in.
In the diary Mr Li declared that he was willing to die to stop the pro-democracy protests.
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Source: Telegraph (UK
Jun 4, 2010
Life in Medieval Britain may not have been comfortable but its inhabitants had a dedication to debt-free living that we could learn from today, a think-tank has claimed.
Health care and a terrifyingly low life expectancy were some of the downsides to 12th century life, but medieval Britons could at least claim to have a "healthy scepticism about money."
The harshness of life in the 1100s was mitigated by endless holidays and parties and a healthy attitude towa
Source: Science Daily
Jun 4, 2010
Using sophisticated genomic analysis, scientists have probed the ancestry of several Jewish and non-Jewish populations and better defined the relatedness of contemporary Jewish people. The research, published in the June issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics, may shed light on the question, first raised more than a century ago, of whether Jews are a race, a religious group or something else.
The genetic, cultural and religious traditions of contemporary Jewish people origi
Source: BBC
Jun 4, 2010
The earliest surviving complete census of all of Ireland is now available at the click of a mouse.
More than 4.5 million records made by 850,000 households on census night in 1901 have been put online for the public to access.
The census provides personal details including religion, profession, and if the person spoke Irish or English.
It was launched on Thursday by the Republic's Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin.
Source: BBC
Jun 4, 2010
Five former intelligence and military officials in Argentina have gone on trial on charges of murdering 65 people.
They are accused of kidnapping, torturing, and killing left-wing activists under the country's military rule between 1976 and 1983.
Human rights groups hope the trial will shed light on Operation Condor, a joint effort among South American military rulers aimed at suppressing opposition.
The five have denied the charges.
Source: Telegraph (UK)
Jun 4, 2010
China decided that it had no choice but to "spill some blood" during the Tiananmen Square massacre in order to preserve stability, a new memoir by a top leader of the time has claimed.
The phrase, attributed to China's then paramount leader Deng Xiaoping, appears in a previously suppressed diary which publishers say will lift the veil of secrecy over how the decision was made to send in the tanks on the night of June 3-4.
Leaked extracts of the diary said to
Source: Telegraph (UK)
Jun 4, 2010
Congressman John Boehner, a leading Republican, has demanded Sir Paul McCartney apologise for mocking former president George W Bush during a star-studded event at the White House.
Mr Boehner, the House Minority Leader, was outraged after Sir Paul made clear his admiration for president Barack Obama when receiving the third Gershwin Prize for song-writing.
He then concluded by saying: "After the last eight years, it's great to have a president who knows what a lib
Source: Telegraph (UK)
Jun 4, 2010
Two fragments of papyrus featuring the handwriting of Cleopatra have gone on display featuring the latest discoveries in the search for her long-lost tomb.
The document with the Greek inscription, "make it happen," refers to a tax break for a friend of her husband Mark Antony. It is one of 150 artifacts in an exhibition featuring the latest discoveries in an intensifying search for her long-lost tomb.
Some of the items in "Cleopatra - the Search for the
Source: Telegraph (UK)
Jun 4, 2010
A musical based on the life of John Paul II is to open in Rome next week featuring big dance numbers as it covers key events in his life.
The unlikely spectacular will cover moments in his life, including his early years under Nazi occupation in his native Poland, his struggle against Communism and his election as pontiff in 1978.
It will also depict the attempt on his life in 1981, when a Turkish gunman, Mehmet Ali Agca, shot him in the stomach, hand and arm as the p
Source: Telegraph (UK)
Jun 4, 2010
Germany's two main neo-Nazi parties are considering plans to merge in an attempt to gain popularity, according to reports.
The National Democratic Party (NPD) and the German People's Union (DVU), who have face flagging membership and money problems, are reportedly asking members their thoughts, according to sources at the NPD's party conference in Bamberg.
According to the newspaper Tagespiegel, the DVU in particular needs to merge in order to avoid being wiped out. Th
Source: AP
Jun 4, 2010
A colleague says a U.S. law professor charged in Rwanda with denying the country's 1994 genocide remains jailed.
Gena Berglund says she spoke Friday with U.S. embassy officials in Kigali, Rwanda who attended the hearing for professor Peter Erlinder. Berglund has worked with Erlinder in Minnesota on humanitarian issues.
Berglund says a judge in Rwanda is expected to issue a decision in Erlinder's case Monday.
Source: CNN
Jun 4, 2010
Sometimes, good things are worth waiting for. Even almost 70 years.
Just ask Robert Judson Bell. The 88-year-old World War II Navy veteran was reunited this week with the wallet he lost way back in 1941 while undergoing naval training in Chicago. It may not have contained any money, but its value to Bell and his family can't be understated. Inside were two photographs of his first wife, who had died in a 1948 car crash.
And so it remained lost, for nearly 45 years. Ente
Source: WSJ
Jun 4, 2010
...The first national spelling bee was held in 1925, and this year's competition will feature 273 spellers from the U.S. and around the world. Interestingly, English is not even the first language of 21 of those spellers, and Scripps reports that 102 of the contestants speak other languages, from Hebrew to Hindi.
Given this amazing diversity united under one language, the author of America's first dictionary and the originator of uniform spelling in America (which makes the Bee poss
Source: AP
Jun 3, 2010
The Hawaii Tourism Authority has launched the new Heritage Sites of Hawaii program to promote some of the state's special places.
HTA said Wednesday that 20 "must see" historical, cultural and environmental places of interest will be marked with a Heritage Site of Hawaii sign, acknowledging their significance to the islands....
