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MLK Day 2020 By Kenyatta R. Gilbert, Howard University The name Martin Luther King Jr. is iconic in the United States. President Barack Obama mentioned King in both his Democratic National Convention …
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1/19/20
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By Jeffrey Miller, Colorado State University With America in the middle of a flourishing craft beer and craft spirits movement, it’s easy to forget that Prohibition was once the law of the land. …
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1/16/20
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Opinion/Analysis
Her appointment as a House Impeachment Manager increases her profile on the national stage at the beginning of the election cycle
By Reggie Connell/Managing Editor of The …
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1/15/20
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By Richard Gunderman, Indiana University For most people today, Christmas is a time of food, family, and festivities, when attention turns from work and woes to fellowship and celebration. Yet it has …
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12/25/19
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Christmas 2019 By François Lévêque, Mines ParisTech A few hundred years ago, who would have dreamed that the humble Christmas tree would one day be an immense global success? Certainly not Martin …
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12/16/19
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Available for Christmas, historical books on Apopka From The Museum of the Apopkans Yes, the original print run of “Tales of the Big Potato” by New Book Publishing sold out. Author the late Jack …
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12/4/19
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Thanksgiving 2019 By Matthew Dennis, University of Oregon Thanksgiving has remained America’s most treasured celebration: it combines tradition and invention, an appeal to the past and to the …
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11/25/19
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Thanksgiving 2019
By Ken Albala, University of the Pacific
How and why did the dishes served at Thanksgiving dinner come to be so fixed?
Many assume that most of them were simply eaten …
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11/19/19
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From the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Sixty-five years ago, a young basketball coach wondered why athletes endorsed products like shaving cream and cigarettes, but not a Christian lifestyle. …
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11/13/19
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Veteran's Day 2019
From VFW Post 10147
On Monday at 10:00 AM the VFW Post 10147 of Apopka/Altamonte Springs will open the doors of the Post and at 11:00 AM present the Veterans Day …
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11/9/19
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Wolf Gruner, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences
Every November, communities around the world hold remembrances on the anniversary of the …
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11/9/19
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Veteran's Day 2019 By G. Kurt Piehler, Florida State University World War I was still a living memory for most Americans when I was growing up in the 1960s and early 1970s . Aging doughboys who had …
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11/8/19
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Veteran's Day 2019
By Todd Lookingbill, and Peter Smallwood, University of Richmond
The horrors of war are all too familiar: lives lost, homes destroyed, entire communities forced to flee. …
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11/6/19
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From VFW Post 10147
The VFW Post 10147 of Apopka/Altamonte Springs will be kicking off the Veterans Day Weekend activities on Saturday, November 9th at 11:30 AM at Long and Scott Farms located …
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10/31/19
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By Scott Shackelford, Indiana University Fifty years ago, a UCLA computer science professor and his student sent the first message over the predecessor to the internet, a network called ARPANET . The …
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10/25/19
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Halloween 2019 By W. Scott Poole, College of Charleston The unquiet spirits, vampires and the omnipresent zombies that take over American streets every October 31 may think Halloween is all about …
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10/24/19
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Halloween 2019
Is that a ghost or just your imagination? See for yourself
From Zillow.com
With no city lights for miles, The Pillars Estate stands alone in the darkest of nights.
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10/20/19
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Columbus Day 2019
Editor's Note - Columbus Day is always observed on the second Monday in October. This year, Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous People’s Day, is a state and federal …
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10/14/19
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By Jayur Mehta, Florida State University and Tara Skipton, Florida State University
Native North Americans first arrived in Florida approximately 14,550 years ago . Evidence for these …
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9/29/19
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From history.com
September 11th, 2001
At 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines Boeing 767 loaded with 20,000 gallons of jet fuel crashes into the north tower of the …
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9/11/19
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From WUCF
WUCF’s Central Florida Roadtrip rides into Apopka on Thursday, September 19 at 8 p.m. The show is taking the audience on a journey through history and telling the stories of the …
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9/6/19
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By Mark Clague, University of Michigan
One of the most powerful, searing renditions of the national anthem ever recorded, Jimi Hendrix’s iconic Woodstock anthem, almost never happened.
In …
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8/16/19
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By Vahe Peroomian, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
“Hidden Figures” and “First Man” were arguably the most inspirational space-themed …
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7/15/19
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Celebrating its 50th Year with a community open house
The Apopka Elks Lodge, which first opened its doors 50 years ago, is set to welcome the greater Apopka community on August 3 rd from 2 till …
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7/9/19
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Acclaimed activist and author Bryan Stevenson to speak at June 21st ceremony
A June 21st ceremony in downtown Orlando will unveil a historical marker honoring July Perry, who was lynched on …
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6/16/19
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