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Colonel Henry Steel Olcott was famously denounced as an “unmitigated rascal” by the New York Times in 1871. In Sri Lanka, however, he is still remembered as the revered legend of Buddhist revival—and, ...

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Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

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We Who Are about to Die Salute You)” (1859), oil on canvas ... a Baptist minister named Francis Bellamy who pushed to get flags and the pledge into classrooms across the United States in ...

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Rumors on social media have circulated about the flag listed on some government sites. Here's what you need to know.