100 years after the events of the Boston Tea Party, two wealthy septuagenarian sisters from Glastonbury, CT found themselves fighting against taxation without representation. The curious case involves the seizure and auctioning of their pet cows, including two calves named Martha Washington and Abigail Adams.
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In early 2025, Harald Bernard Malmgren, a man with one of the most unique careers in American politics, gave his final interview. At 89, and facing declining health, he decided it was time to reveal what he knew. Over four hours, he spoke about names, dates, secret programs, and classified technology. Most shockingly, Malmgren claimed that in 1962, during a nuclear test in the Marshall Islands, the U.S. used a secret directed-energy weapon to bring down a non-human craft. He said he held the debris himself and even saw a video of a living extraterrestrial being. He also believed that…
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In the early years of the Maryland colony, Lord Baltimore’s name referred to his estates, an entire county, and a port town that would one day become the third largest city in the United States… 30 miles northeast of its current location.
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4″x3″ slide depicting John Wilkes Booth leaning forward to shoot President Abraham Lincoln as he watches Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.. The assassination occurred on this date 160 years ago.
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Andrew Denovan, Ken Drinkwater and Neil Dagnall: Paranormal beliefs create a sense of control, predictability and comfort in uncertain times, according to academic studies. That doesn’t explain why some people find them more appealing than others, though recent studies are starting to offer explanations about why some people feel so drawn to the paranormal. Paranormal beliefs are convictions in notions beyond what mainstream science can explain, like ghosts or psychic abilities. Surveys show that a large number of people in the US and UK – between about one-third and 50% – hold these beliefs. Our recent study found that people…
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A long life is not necessary for holiness, as Saint Teresa of Los Andes proves. Not quite 20 years old when she died, she left a legacy rich in virtue—rich enough for her to be considered a saint.
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On April 21, 1775, The New-Hampshire Gazette and Historical Chronicle published an article titled “Bloody News,” reporting the first hostilities of what would become the Revolutionary War. On April 19, 1775, British troops fired on the men of the Lexington Company who had already begun to disperse, beginning an unplanned and bloody battle. The descriptions …
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One hundred years ago, on April 10, 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald celebrated the publication of what he considered to be his greatest work of literature, The Great Gatsby. He had high hopes for the novel’s success in both sales and critical reception. “It will sell about 80,000 copies,” he supposed, “but I may be wrong.” In fact, he was wrong twice.
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Saint Magdalene of Canossa worked in hospitals and among the poor, opened her home as a lodging for girls, started a school, and founded two religious communities. She accomplished all of this without the support of her family.
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Probably best known as the patron of many Christian Brothers’ schools, Saint John Baptist de La Salle originally had no intention of working with youth or founding a religious community. He saw himself as a comfortable diocesan priest. But God had other plans, and Saint John responded wholeheartedly.
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The story of Saint Crescentia Hoess is a twist on the story of rags to riches. Born into material poverty, she eventually rose to true spiritual wealth. But not without many obstacles, including a number of physical ailments.
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Happy Giant Bible Day! On April 4, 1952, philanthropist and bibliophile, Lessing J. Rosenwald (1891-1979) donated the Giant Bible of Mainz to the Library of Congress. He made this gift exactly five hundred years after the manuscript’s scribe first put quill to parchment. In keeping with Rosenwald’s commitment to encouraging broad cultural engagement with the history of the illustrated book, the Library’s digitization allows book lovers near and far to encounter every page of this important and evocative manuscript.
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Saint Stephen of Mar Saba, the nephew of Saint John Damascene, became acquainted with monastic life at the age of 10.
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Archaeology confirms the Bible (and has done so over and over again through the years)—including with a new set of excavations under the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem.
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A closer look at the Library’s copy of the Eliot Algonquian Bible (1663) reveals a connection to the local history of the greater Washington area. Family birth and death inscriptions within the Bible show that it was once owned by the famous Gaither family of Gaithersburg in Montgomery County, Maryland. How and when did it arrive at the Library? Read this post to learn more.
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For centuries, there have been unconventional beliefs about the shape of the Earth. This post provides a historical overview of alternative theories about the Earth’s form.
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Astronauts John Young and Gus Grissom are suited for the first flight of the Gemini program in March 1965. NASA loaned Norman Rockwell a Gemini spacesuit in order to make this painting as accurate as possible.
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Blessed John of Parma lived at a crucial time in the Franciscan Order and the Church. Saint Francis’ followers were in need of reorganization and the Church was in schism. Blessed John helped with both issues.
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The SEC’s Crypto Task Force held a roundtable Friday to air out the issues with how the crypto world interacts with securities laws.
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A convert from Calvinism, Saint John Ogilvie joined the Jesuits and was ordained to the priesthood. Doing secret ministry in Scotland, John was arrested and tortured for a number of days before being martyred on March 10, 1615.
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A student of Saint John Bosco, Saint Dominic Savio organized a group of students to minister to boys who needed guidance and help. Due to illness, however, Dominic never fulfilled his dream of becoming a priest.
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No, this isn’t a deep dive into conspiracy theories or a recap of Erich von Däniken’s speculative writings. This idea comes from entirely serious scientists at METI (Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence), a nonprofit organization of academics dedicated to the search for intelligent life beyond Earth. For decades, researchers have been grappling with a question: Why haven’t we encountered aliens yet? The universe is vast, filled with countless stars, planets, and solar systems. Our technology has advanced to the point where we can send probes into space and peer deep into the cosmos with powerful telescopes. So, where is everyone? This same…
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Saint John of God’s life story is proof of the possibility of conversion and change with the grace of our merciful God. The first part of his life was not very praiseworthy, but once he turned to God and asked for mercy, he became the saint that we know.
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Saint John Joseph of the Cross entered the Franciscan community at the age of 16. A humble man, he was asked to serve his community in a number of leadership roles, including provincial minister. Yet he retained his simplicity throughout and retired to the quiet service of confessor.
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Robert Hastings, a prominent UFO researcher and author of UFOs & Nukes, has investigated military encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena. But Hastings is no mere observer of the phenomenon—he claims to be a participant. In a recent interview on The Good Trouble Show, Hastings revealed that he has experienced multiple abductions by non-human entities (NHI) since the 1980s, describing them as “real, physical confrontations” that defy conventional understanding. “I don’t care about your educational background, your intelligence, if you don’t accept the reality of this, you’ve missed the boat,” Hastings said during the interview. Hastings’ first abduction experience occurred in…
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The Disney princesses have gotten a lot of slack over the years for not having enough agency and relying on men. While that’s narratively true for some princesses (Snow White, Aurora, and Pocahontas come to mind), I would argue that Disney princes rely much more on the princesses in the real world. Think about it…how many Disney princess movies make the prince equally or more enjoyable than their princess? The only one I can think of is Aladdin, so I suppose naming the movie Aladdin was a good call. Tangled and Frozen also have strong male leads, but even Kristoph is paling in comparison to the impact of Elsa. Cinderella’s prince? Prince Phillip? John Smith? They are all bland and lame, and nobody cares about them. At least they made Cinderella’s Prince have a personality in the straight-to-video sequel. If you don’t care about Disney princes in the slightest, these Disney memes have enough princess content to go around.
A study of 3,084 participants examined whether two types of paranormal belief—Traditional Paranormal Belief (TPB) and New Age Philosophy (NAP)—are associated with different levels of perceived stress. The results, published in PLOS ONE in the article “Re-evaluation of the relationship between paranormal belief and perceived stress using statistical modelling,” revealed that TPB was significantly linked to higher distress and lower coping capacity, while NAP showed no predictive association with stress. Paranormal beliefs, common in society, can influence behavior and attitudes, such as distrust of science and adherence to pseudoscientific ideas. Historically tied to maladaptive psychological processes, recent studies suggest these…
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Blessed John of Fiesole, a Dominican Friar, is also known as Fra Angelico. Famous for his devotional artwork John used his talents to praise God through paint. All talents can be used to praise God.
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Often missionaries face the difficulties of language and culture. Saints Cyril and Methodius were no exceptions. But they faced the difficulties by writing the foreign language in a new alphabet and translating the liturgy for the local people.
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Almighty and eternal God,
You have, through Jesus Christ,
revealed Your glory to all nations.
We pray You to preserve the works of Your mercy,
that Your Church,
being spread through the whole world,
may continue with unchanging faith in the confession of Your name.
We pray You, who alone are good and holy,
to endow with heavenly knowledge,
sincere zeal,
and sanctity of life our Chief Bishop,
Pope John Paul II, the vicar of our Lord Jesus Christ,
in the government of …
Irish boxer John Cooney has died a week after being taken into intensive care following his Celtic super-featherweight title defeat to Nathan Howells in Belfast.
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Kidnapped at the age of nine and being too terrified to remember her name, Josephine acquired the name “Bakhit” which means “fortunate one.”
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Popularly known as the saint who protects from ailments of the throat, Saint Blaise was a bishop and martyr of the fourth century. We know little else about him, except that he suffered persecution even after the Edict of Toleration was to have freed the Roman world for worship.
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Inspired by Saint Francis de Sales, Saint John Bosco founded the Salesians to continue his work among boys. Then, joining forces with Mary Mazzarello, he helped found the Salesian Sisters. All this during a time when established religious communities in Italy were closing their doors.
Read MoreBlessed Mary Angela Truszkowska founded the Felician Sisters as a result of a conversion experience she had while convalescing from an illness. At the age of 44 she was forced to resign due to ill health. She lived however, into her ’70s.
Read MoreLord, one more day to love you!
Brother Charles de Foucauld
O Jesus, watch over me always, especially today, or I shall betray you like Judas.
St. Philip Neri
Lord, today is the day I begin!
St. Philip Neri
Jesus, shine through me and be so in me
that every person I come in contact with
may feel your presence in my soul.
John Henry Cardinal Newman
My God, send me thy Holy Spirit to teach me what I am and what thou art!
St. John Vianney
May the …
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Ghosts, cryptids, UFOs, and even folkloric creatures like fairies and goblins, are all manifestations of the same underlying force. “The Phenomenon,” a unifying theory suggesting that various anomalies—ranging from UAPs to ghosts and poltergeists—are interconnected manifestations of a singular, underlying force. Initially, like many of his contemporaries in the 1960s, this researcher approached the UFO enigma with the prevailing extraterrestrial hypothesis—the belief that unidentified flying objects were spacecraft from other planets. However, his extensive field investigations led him to a different conclusion. A Shift from Space to Something Far Stranger In the realm of “new ufology,” John Keel undoubtedly played…
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Like many people, Saint Charles of Sezze thought he knew what God wanted, only to find out that he was mistaken. Instead of going to India as a missionary, Saint Charles settled in Rome where he cooked and cared for the friary and friary chapel. While being simple, Saint Charles was no simpleton as is obvious from his life story.
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A color enhancement of a far-ultraviolet photo of Earth taken by astronaut John W. Young, commander, with the ultraviolet camera on April 21, 1972. The original black-and-white photo was printed on Agfacontour film three times, each exposure recording only one light level. The three light levels were then colored blue (dimmest), green (next brightest), and red (brightest).
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The 35-year-old, who reached a career-high No. 4 in the world and was a U.S. Open finalist a decade ago, was on the brink of defeat at John Cain Arena against Thiago Monteiro.
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Chronicling America has a new look! This post explores how to use the advanced search features and how to limit your search by title, date, language, and ethnicity.
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[RFI] The new Ghanaian president, John Mahama, is being sworn in this Tuesday, 7 January, in Accra, as the nation looks for solutions to its worst economic crisis in a generation.
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Saint John Neumann was the first member of his community, the Redemptorists, to profess vows in the United States. He did missionary work in Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio, and became the bishop of Philadelphia. Noted for his humility and organizational skills, he helped form the Church in the New World.
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Bridget Marshall: I teach a course on New England witchcraft trials, and students always arrive with varying degrees of knowledge of what happened in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692. Nineteen people accused of witchcraft were executed by hanging, another was pressed to death and at least 150 were imprisoned in conditions that caused the death of at least five more innocents. Each semester, a few students ask me about stories they have heard about dogs. In 17th century Salem, dogs were part of everyday life: People kept dogs to protect themselves, their homes and their livestock, to help with hunting, and…
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Having a sense of humor is an invaluable quality. You don’t have to be a brilliant standup comedian to know that! Comedy is highly beneficial if you’re weak in other social skills. How many times have you heard the story of the nerdy class clown who was able to gain the respect of their fellow students through their biting sense of humor? I was 100% that kid when I was in high school. I took this John Waters quote extremely literally when I was a teen, and in some ways, I still do!
“Anytime you make someone laugh or satirize something, it’s the best way to change someone’s opinion because they’re defenseless – they laugh, they listen.”
Humor is the most effective casual interpersonal way to get others on your side. Of course, you don’t want to take that too far and always try to perform for others desperately to get them to like you. That came with my class clown era, and I would 0/10 recommend it. If you are a funny fellow who likes to be disarmed by laughter, then boy howdy, have you come to the right place for some hilarious memes that will leave you in stitches.
An exploration of map scales and comparative areas, from miles and representative fractions to…the Midwest?
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