Dig Uncovers Patient Quarters at Lincoln’s Medieval Leprosy Hospital
Archaeologists excavating South Common in Lincoln have found previously unexcavated patient quarters at the medieval Hospital of the Holy Innocents, a leprosy hospital that operated for nearly 500 years.
The Louisa County Horseman Who Warned Jefferson Before Tarleton’s Raiders Arrived
A Louisa County civilian’s overnight ride in June 1781 warned Thomas Jefferson and dozens of Virginia legislators that British cavalry under Banastre Tarleton were closing in, and historians now say Jack Jouett and his horse deserve national recognition they’ve never received.
On This Day in 1949, the U.S. Learned the Soviets Had the Bomb
On September 23, 1949, the White House announced that the Soviet Union had tested its first nuclear weapon, a discovery that came sooner than U.S. intelligence had expected and touched off the Cold War arms race.
Al Leiter Recalls His 9/11 Journey From LaGuardia to a Cab Ride Past the Burning Towers
Former Mets pitcher Al Leiter recounted his September 11, 2001 journey from a secret flight home to see his daughter’s first day of school to a cab ride past the burning Twin Towers as he tried to reach a game in Pittsburgh.