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Oldest U.S. City

The Question: What is the oldest city in the United States? The Answer: St. Augustine, Florida is the oldest continuously settled city (by…

2008 Top 10 Most Played Songs

The following table lists the title and artist of the top ten most played songs in the United States during 2008. Rank Title, Artist 1. “Bleeding Love,”…

Top 10 Selling Digital Songs, 2008

The following table lists the rank, title, artist, and sales data for each of the top ten selling digital songs in the United States during 2008. Rank Title,…

Brewer's: Hymn Tunes

“The Heavens are Telling.” (From Haydn's Creation.) “Marching to Glory.” The tune of Marching to Georgia. “Onward, Christian Soldiers.” One of Haydn's Symphonies. “Lo! He comes with clouds…

Brewer's: Posthumus

(Leona'tus). Husband of Imogen. Under the erroneous persuasion of his wife's infidelity, he plots her death, but his plot miscarries. (Shakespeare: Cymbeline.) Source: Dictionary of…

Brewer's: Chariot of the Gods

So the Greeks called Sierra Leone, in Africa, a ridge of mountains of great height. A sierra means a saw, and is applied to a ridge of peaked mountains. Her palmy forests, mingling with…

Spanish Place Names

Hispanic heritage from coast to coast by Holly Hartman Alcatraz Island, now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, draws over a million visitors each year In 1846,…

Biographies: Selected Labor Leaders

Selected Labor Leaders Cesar Estrada Chavez See also Cesar Estrada Chavez People in the NewsRecent Obituaries Related Links Labor Day Timeline: Labor Unions…

1997 Deaths

Ewart AbnerCal AbramsKathy AckerBobby AdamsDr. Kurt Alfred AdlerJohn Akii-BuaJerome Alden William AllandAntonio de AlmeidaEugenie M. AndersonEddie ArcaroLynn ArchibaldWilliam ArthurRichie…