Flickr CommonsA statue of Annie Moore and her two brothers stands in the Irish harbor they departed from.
Seventeen-year-old Annie Moore and her siblings left their native Ireland in 1891 to reunite with their parents in the United States after a separation of four years. Annie and her two younger brothers departed from Queenstown, Ireland on Dec. 20, 1891 and spent Christmas at sea during their 12-day journey. Although there was nothing about the Moore siblings that particularly distinguished their story from those of the thousands of other immigrants to United States in the late 19th century, there was a unique surprise in store for them in America that would seal Annie’s place in history. Read More...
Archeologists from the University of Murcia came across the 1,500-year-old Visigoth sarcophagus at the Roman necropolis of Los Villaricos.University of MurciaThe Visigoth sarcophagus that was unearthed in Mula, Spain.
As they knelt in the dust and the heat, searching the former Roman settlement of Los Villaricos for history’s treasures, archeologists came across an incredible discovery. There, buried in pale yellow dirt, they found a 1,500-year-old Visigoth sarcophagus — complete with human remains. Read More...
"Some day they’ll go down together, they’ll bury them side by side. To few it’ll be grief, to the law a relief, but it’s death for Bonnie and Clyde."Heritage AuctionsSeveral of Bonnie and Clyde’s poems from 1933.
Bonnie and Clyde are an undeniable part of 20th-century American outlaw iconography. The infamous pair of Depression-era criminals have been immortalized in literature and on the silver screen — and have now entered history’s poetry club. Read More...
