South Florida events celebrating the life of Bob Graham, the legendary late U.S. senator and governor, are planned for Saturday. He will be remembered at a public celebration-of-life service at Miami Lakes United Church of Christ, 6701 Miami Lakeway South in Miami Lakes. The service starts at 1 p.m. A public reception follows, from 3 […]
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The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff holds Spring Fling celebration commemorating 150th anniversary
PINE BLUFF, Ark. – It may have felt like winter Saturday morning, but that didn’t stop the fun and the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff from holding their Spring Fling. This year’s community festival at Lake Saracen caps the year-long celebration of the 150th anniversary of the university. University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff […]
Look Back … to a special train commemorating Anglo-French friendship, 1949
Search underway for new ETSU Memorial Fountain design commemorating first African American students
JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – The search for the new Memorial Fountain design on the campus of East Tennessee State University (ETSU) is underway. The fountain commemorates the first five African American students to desegregate the campus in the late 1950s. The fountain is located in Borchuck Plaza in front of the Sherrod Library. During […]
Xi Jinping says Taiwan will ‘surely’ be reunified with China during symposium commemorating Mao
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday vowed that Taiwan will be reunited with the mainland, saying Beijing will “resolutely prevent anyone from splitting” the two sides in any way. The comments came during a symposium in Beijing commemorating the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mao Zedong, the founding father of Communist China. In 1949, […]