On this day in history, April 24, 1800, President John Adams — the second president of the United States — approved the appropriation of $5,000 for the purchase of “such books as may be necessary for the use of Congress,” according to the website of the Library of Congress. The research library — the oldest federal cultural institution in the …
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NOEL, Mo. – A small, rural town in the Ozarks is grappling with finding a path forward after a Tyson Foods Inc. plant closure left nearly a third of its residents jobless. “The people around here are resilient,” Noel Mayor Terry Lance told Fox News Digital. “I think a lot of the time you become as resilient as you have …
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Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman lives on as a larger-than-life figure in the oft-told annals of American military history. The most intimate and unknown details of the man behind the legend are uncovered at the Sherman House Museum in Lancaster, Ohio. It opens for the season today, Wednesday, April 10. RAISE 500-POUND PUMPKINS IN YOUR BACKYARD: 5 TIPS FROM AMERICA’S WORLD-RECORD …
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NOEL, Mo. – Some Americans in the middle of the country think the values they learned growing up are disappearing, though others said it depends on where you live. “I think overall they’re alive and well,” Noel Mayor Terry Lance told Fox News. “I think really the American value has come down to wanting a decent life and a better …
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High school student Cameron Blasek received a patriotic paintjob free of charge for his pickup truck after East Central High School administrators in St. Leon, Indiana attempted to stop him from displaying the American flag earlier this month. Blasek, 17, proudly displayed an American flag on his truck for most of his senior year, but Blasek said school administrators told …
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