Although the majority of this footage comes from the 1908 Olympic Games, at least one clip predates the 1908 event. On July 2, 2021, a video started circulating on social media that supposedly showed ...

1908: During flight trials to win a contract from the U.S. Army Signal Corps, pilot Orville Wright and passenger Lt. Thomas Selfridge crash in a Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, Virginia. Wright is injured, ...

Drought conditions continue to affect parts of the Adirondack Mountains of northern New York State. Drought also affected the Adirondacks during the summer and autumn of 1908 which resulted in the ...

Let’s remember those wonderful times when the Olympics lasted for half a year. Today, the Olympics are a globally acclaimed two-week celebration of sports and peace, combined with an extraordinary ...

In the autumn of 1908, the flag of the United States of America had 46 stars, the population was less than 89 million, Teddy Roosevelt was about to vacate the White House and William Howard Taft would ...

BOYERTOWN – Under blue skies, a group of 40 people gathered at Fairview Cemetery to honor the lives lost in a Boyertown fire 117 years ago. The Boyertown Area Historical Society hosted the Rhoads ...

The 1908 Olympics were originally awarded to Rome but money that would have been spent on the Games was required elsewhere following the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius. London stepped in to take over ...

Explore items in the Smithsonian's collections related to the year 1908. Held in trust for the American people, the Smithsonian’s collections document our nation’s shared history, art from across the ...

This paper was commissioned by the Regional Plan Association in 2007 for the Rockefeller Urban Summit, and is courtesy of America 2050. Professor Fishman teaches in the urban design, architecture, and ...

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