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Utah fire captain dies in Colorado rafting accident at Dinosaur National Monument

A Utah man killed in a rafting accident at Dinosaur National Monument in Colorado has been identified as a 27-year veteran of the Salt Lake City Fire Department. According to the National Park Service, Michael Harp, 54, was on a licensed private rafting trip on the Green River in Lodore Canyon around 4 p.m. Thursday […]

Biden joins Elton John, Hochul at opening of NYC Stonewall Inn national monument

President Biden was in New York on Friday to attend the grand opening of the Stonewall National Monument Visitor’s Center, marking the 55th anniversary of the historic riots that launched the American gay rights movement. Still reeling from his terrible performance in Thursday’s presidential debate with Donald Trump that shocked the nation, the 81-year-old Trump […]

Video shows suspected Saudi spy filming US Capitol, National Monument before 9/11

Newly released video reveals that a suspected Saudi Arabian spy filmed the U.S. Capitol and national memorials just months before al-Qaida leaders decided on targets for the September 11 terror attacks. Omar al-Bayoumi, a suspected Saudi Arabian intelligence officer with close ties to two of the 9/11 hijackers, can be heard narrating in the 1999 […]

CT city dedicates monument to immigrants where Columbus statue once stood

A Connecticut city dedicated a new monument to immigrants Sunday to replace a statue of Columbus that was removed in 2020 amid nationwide criticism of the European explorer’s role in enslaving and murdering Native Americans. Located in New Haven’s Italian-American neighborhood of Wooster Square, the statue depicts a young immigrant family arriving in America with […]

Group sues NC county over Confederate monument thanking ‘faithful slaves’

North Carolina residents have sued their county in federal court to remove a Confederate monument that thanks “loyal slaves” and honors the Confederacy. Concerned Citizens of Tyrrell County, a black community organizing group, argues that Tyrrell County’s Confederate monument violates the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment because it contains racist language. The monument, […]

Biden Makes Grand Canyon National Monument, Ending Uranium Prospecting

Editors’ Note: The concept used to be, “public lands”, where ranchers, lumbermen, miners, off-road enthusiasts, hunters, hikers, and mountain bikers, in other words, “the public” had use of the Federal lands. Now propelled by the environmental movement, increasingly these become “private lands” government-owned and approved for only progressive causes. It is even worse. As the […]

Naval Academy plebes scale greased 21-foot Herndon Monument to end first year

First-year students at the U.S. Naval Academy participate in the annual Herndon Monument climb Wednesday. This is a ritual that marks the end of the plebeian year, and some say it portends career success. Members of the Class of 2027 will work together to scale a 21-foot-tall obelisk covered in vegetable shortening and replace their […]