This is part of a recurring series, “American Objects,” marking the 250th anniversary of the United States. EFFINGHAM, Illinois — In Illinois farm country, there’s a 70-year-old pickup truck waiting on a fresh coat of canary yellow paint. It’s the first vehicle my dad learned to ...
NEW YORK — At the pinnacle of the American cultural pyramid, one particular inspiration has echoed across the centuries through friendship and tension alike: France. The American love affair with French luxury goods and their cultural cachet and craftsmanship has spanned the younger ...
Editor’s note: Information on the Civil War is well-known, but what about some of the factors that led to its start? This week, we examine some of those issues and how, after years of growing tensions, the nation went to war with itself. The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United ...
Hollidaysburg Area High School graduates head towards the Tiger Paw Path to Tiger Stadium for graduation ceremonies on Friday evening. Hollidaysburg Area High School graduate Kaitlyn Barfield and paraprofessional Robin Bice look through the program in the school auditorium prior to ...
Of the three locations where there will be free public viewing of the Union Pacific’s Big Boy steam locomotive in the Altoona area between July 8 and 11 while the machine is parked, one spot — where the viewing opportunity is by far the most extensive — will require significant ...
DUNCANSVILLE — A new partnership between the Hollidaysburg Area School District and Coffee on 3rd is a sweet victory for students in need of work and the community at large, said Linda Stotler, the Blair County Chamber of Commerce’s marketing and communications manager. Out of the ...
