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Man discovers connection to Boston's Old North Church, donates piece of American history
After discovering a personal connection to Old North Church, Harry Bukeley donated a historic 300-year-old Bible.
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North America May Be Dripping Away Deep under the Midwest
A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...
Native American names extend the earthquake history of northeastern North America
In 1638, an earthquake in what is now New Hampshire and Plymouth, Massachusetts, left colonists stumbling from the strong ...
Archaeologists Found 23,000-Year-Old Footprints That Rewrite the Story of Humans in America
Tracking the footsteps provides modern scientists a view into ancient life.
On This Day, April 14: First abolition society founded in North America
On April 14, 1775, the first slavery abolition society in North America -- the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes ...
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The Oldest North American Woolly Mammoth Has Been Discovered In Ancient DNA
A 216,000-year-old tooth found along the Old Crow River in the Yukon territory in Canada has confirmed that woolly mammoths [ ...
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Tracking Humans’ First Footsteps in North America
It’s possible that they reached North America more than 32,000 years ago. Now, “we need lots more sites to make sense of where they came from and by what route,” says Matthew Bennett ...