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Creamy white New England clam chowder is the most famous. Blood-splatter red Manhattan clam chowder is the most reviled. Yet salty clear-broth Rhode Island clam chowder “is the original chowder,” says Jamie Coelho, editor-in-chief of Rhode Island Monthly magazine. MEET THE AMERICAN WHO CREATED BUBBLE GUM, WALTER DIEMER, HOME-KITCHEN CHEMIST OUTWITTED SCIENTISTS “The indigenous tribes of Rhode Island gathered quahogs …

Mother’s Day takes place every May, on the second Sunday of the spring month. The day is filled with traditions such as holding yummy brunches, gifting flowers and showing appreciation for your mom and all she has done. The occasion has been an official holiday in the United States since 1914. MOTHER’S DAY: THE BEST ONE-LINERS AND LIFE ADVICE I’VE …

Bidders will fight with their dollars next week at an Ohio auction house for the sword of the Civil War Union general who led a scorched-earth campaign across Georgia and coined the phrase “War is hell.” General William Tecumseh Sherman’s wartime sword, likely used between 1861 and 1863, are among the items that will be open to bidders Tuesday at …

On this day in history, May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation for Americans to show a public expression of reverence to mothers through the celebration of Mother’s Day. “Proclamation 1268 – Mother’s Day” stated, in part, “Whereas, by a Joint Resolution approved May 8, 1914, designating the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day, and for other …

The Wild West, the period of American expansion, and the way of realizing “manifest destiny” – it’s often considered one of the most riveting episodes of American history, giving rise to folklore, stories and a whole subgenre of popular culture synonymous with outlaws and cowboys. Its true stories of outlaws and lawmen also paved the way for law enforcement today. …

As Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan have proven, insurgencies are very difficult to defeat. If the insurgents have the support of the local population, they are nearly impossible to vanquish. Countering them requires individuals with special skills who utilize every resource, from intelligence to a kind word with a gun. American counterinsurgency was born from a forgotten company of Ohio’s Confederate …

Spain’s Prado Museum on Monday confirmed that a painting that was due to be auctioned in Madrid in 2021 is in fact a work by Italian Baroque master Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio that was considered lost. It will be unveiled to the public for the first time in the museum later this month. The Prado said in a statement on …

On D-Day, Charles Shay was a 19-year-old U.S. Army medic who was ready to give his life — and save as many as he could. Now 99, he’s spreading a message of peace with tireless dedication as he’s about to take part in the 80th anniversary commemorations of the landings in Normandy that led to the liberation of France and …

Polish prosecutors have discontinued an investigation into human skeletons found at a site where German dictator Adolf Hitler and other Nazi leaders spent time during World War II because the advanced state of decay made it impossible to determine the cause of death, a spokesman said Monday. The remains were found Feb. 24 at Wolf’s Lair, which served as Hitler’s …

When Arkansas lawmakers decided five years ago to replace the statues representing the state at the U.S. Capitol, there was little objection to getting rid of the existing sculptures. The statues that had stood there for more than 100 years were obscure figures in the state’s history. “I remember giving tours to constituents from Arkansas, to young people, and I …