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1 day ago · A statue of Underground Railroad heroine Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Lake Placid Friday. The 13-foot-tall bronze statue by sculptor Wesley Wofford depicts Tubman stepping on the shackles of ...
1 day ago · Harriet Tubman statue "Beacon of Hope" is unveiled at the John Brown Farm in Lake Placid. A statue of Underground Railroad heroine Harriet Tubman was unveiled in Lake Placid Friday. The 13-foot-tall bronze statue by sculptor Wesley Wofford depicts Tubman stepping on the shackles of slavery. In one upraised hand she holds the North Star.
1 day ago · The scene was on the final day of this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival. The theme: "Indigenous Voices of the Americas." There was skateboarding and more: kite-making, marimba-playing, textile-weaving, singing and dancing. The Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol framed the festival tents on a breezy, blue-sky July day.
2 days ago · The storms are foreseen to bring wind gusts of up to 40 mph and pea-sized hail (0.25 inches). "At 4:31 a.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm near Lake Placid, moving east at 35 mph ...
2 days ago · The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is a figure skating competition held annually to crown the national champions of the United States. The competition is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. In the U.S. skating community, the event is often referred to informally as "Nationals". Medals are currently awarded in four disciplines: men's (boys ...
1 day ago · The punchlines suggest that in the hierarchy of Hollywood, screenwriters come last, after producers, directors, stars, and probably the caterer. But Robert Towne, who died this week at the age of ...
1 day ago · Voters in France cast ballots Sunday in a runoff election between a far-right party and a coalition of moderate and centrist parties. Eleanor Beardsley began reporting from France for NPR in 2004 as a freelance journalist, following all aspects of French society, politics, economics, culture and gastronomy. Since then, she has steadily worked ...
