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Ameriflora '92, held to fete 500th anniversary of Columbus' arrival, had mixed success
Columbus celebrated the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus landing in the Americas with Ameriflora '92. The floral ...
Was the "shot heard round the world" in Lexington or Concord? An expert says it's complicated.
Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries.
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Archaeologists Baffled to Find 1400 European-Made Glass Beads in North America - But Columbus Reached Only in 1492
The blue glass beads from Venice journeyed around 10,000 miles to the Americas more than five centuries ago and were the size ...
New evidence reveals America’s discovery long before Columbus
A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...