What is Evacuation Day? The forgotten holiday that predates Thanksgiving
When President Abraham Lincoln first declared Thanksgiving a national holiday, it marked the beginning of the end of the prominence of Evacuation Day, the original patriotic celebration held during the last week of November. Little did I know I was doing it. In November 1863, Lincoln issued a command to thank God for the bounty […]
Nets still haven’t forgotten their historic Celtics embarrassment
Facing the Nets' toughest test yet, Dorian Finney-Smith made sure to remind his team how he felt after last season's final game against Boston. The Nets played back-to-back games against the Celtics on February 13th and 14th before the All-Star break. They entered the first set with a 21-31 record, but their season was going […]
Have we forgotten our enemies since 9/11?
Ten years ago, I was in an interrogation room with the U.S. military at a detention facility in Parwan, Afghanistan. Through an interpreter, I asked the captured Taliban commander sitting in front of me how long he intended to continue fighting us. “You're keeping me in a cage. My fight is over for now,” he […]
Charity hopes western North Carolinians not be forgotten during ‘long, complicated’ Helene recovery
Eblen Charities has been serving the people of Western North Carolina since 1991. The Asheville-based nonprofit has stepped up support for local residents by providing housing, gas and medical assistance in the weeks since Hurricane Helen affected the area, and its executive director said: I hope this momentum continues. For many years to come. “It's […]
Middle school students work to get forgotten Union veteran a headstone
A forgotten Civil War veteran who died without a proper burial is finally being recognized, thanks to two New York eighth-graders. Kendall Peruzzini and Mary McCormick spoke on FOX News Digital Wednesday about efforts to honor Daniel Walterhouse, a Union veteran who died in 1910. The two teens attend Albion Middle School in Western New […]
Frontier Airlines passenger goes nuts after pilot wouldn’t turn back for her forgotten phone
A wild video shows Frontier Airlines passengers claiming they are the “sovereign” and “of this entire damn country” amid confusion over a pilot who refused to turn back to retrieve his cell phone from the airport. He is seen strangely claiming to be the president. The unidentified female passenger went on an expletive-laden tirade as […]
3 profound claims CS Lewis makes about Jesus in forgotten essay
The historical Jesus, as told to us through the Gospels, makes claims about himself that contradict those of a mere Jewish prophet. As C.S. Lewis famously argued in Mere Christianity, Volume 2, Chapter 3, a man who said what Jesus said could not be a prophet, plain and simple. He was either the eternal Son […]
The burning question after Hurricane Helene destroys southern Appalachia’s forgotten communities
Hurricane Helen, a powerful Category 4 cyclone, made landfall in Florida last week, killing more than 100 Americans. What makes Helen unusual compared to previous major hurricanes is that the hardest-hit areas were hundreds of miles from the coast. Dozens of deaths have already been confirmed in Georgia and South Carolina, and at least 30 […]
The Largely Forgotten Battle that Changed the Course of an Election
Like Upcoming Presidential ElectionsThe election of 1864 Up to that point The most important in American history. In early September 1864, the war was going badly for the Union. Lincoln had staked the Republican Party's political future on a military victory over the Confederate States of America, but Confederate General Jubal Early's troops were on […]
Handgun forgotten inside oven fires off multiple rounds in Virginia home after overheating
Open fire! A loaded handgun fired multiple shots inside a Virginia home after someone inadvertently stored the gun in the home's oven. “Do not store guns or any other items in your oven,” the Chesterfield County Fire Department warned area residents. Facebook A post explaining Friday's accident. A loaded handgun fired multiple shots inside a […]