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Decades before the month-long celebration came to be, some Americans celebrated “Women’s Day.”

The Old North Church is seen as an iconic landmark of the Revolution, but what we are taught is dictated by who is writing the story.

Decades before the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts, Alse Young was killed at the gallows in Connecticut, becoming the first person on record to be executed in the American colonies for witchcraft. The Windsor town clerk registered the death on May 26, 1647, in a diary entry that read: “Alse Young was hanged.” Young was the first of nine…

Students researched Paul Lindner, a founder of the town of Malverne, and uncovered claims that his KKK chapter burned down a Brooklyn orphanage. So they asked the mayor to rename a street that had been named after him

10th grader Olivia Brown led the push to rename a street named after a founding father of the Ku Klux Klan. Melissa Colorado reports.

New York City is home to 150 public statues and hundreds of monuments, but what’s up with the horse statues? NBC’s Linda Gaudino tests out the longtime urban legend in NY’s nostalgia series IYKYK.

What’s the smallest piece of private property in NYC? Hint: it’s not the studio apartment. It’s one of the most “New York” stories to be told – and an act of rebellion. NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino explains on the series, IYKYK.

A handful of centenarian survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor are expected to gather at the scene in Hawaii to commemorate those who perished 81 years ago in the Japanese bombing.

The family of a fallen World War II hero from New York City can finally get a bit of closure, after the soldier’s remains were identified nearly 80 years after he died during the war.

Here’s when — and why — these hues became linked to the spookiest day of the year.

Experts explain if the famous bloodsuckers actually exist — and how you can find them.

Plus, find out why we celebrate with costumes, candy and carved pumpkins.

A 100-year-old veteran of the country’s only all-Black, all-female WWII unit was honored in her New Jersey hometown with a street-naming ceremony to recognize all her contributions.

Gladys E. Blount was honored in East Orange on Wednesday with a street renaming in her honor, Pat Battle reports.

Before there was “The Incredibles,” “Minions,” and “Turning Red,” animation existed through magical shorts of talking dinosaurs and singing mice that shocked the world. Together, let’s take a brief walk through the history of animated film: some of the pivotal moments in history that made animated film what it is today and what it can be in the future.

We’ve all heard the saying “cats have nine lives,” but where did it originate from? Let’s explore the possible origins for this phrase from a historical and linguistic perspective.

One man is making it his mission to share the rich history of the Fire Island Pines and its importance to the LGBTQ community. News 4’s Greg Cergol reports.

The Stonehenge monument has puzzled historians for centuries: was it created by aliens? Giants? Wizards? Despite all the theories, one thing remains for sure, Stonehenge on the summer solstice makes for an unforgettable experience.

Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when the Emancipation Proclamation was brought to enslaved people in Texas — more than two years after President Abraham Lincoln issued it. After Juneteenth became a federal holiday, more corporations got involved in promoting and celebrating it — though not all efforts have been well-received. Dartmouth history professor Matthew Delmont joins LX News to...

Many families in the U.S. suffered intergenerational trauma from Indigenous boarding schools, says Deborah Parker, CEO of the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition. She wants Congress to pass a bill that would establish a Truth and Healing Commission to review the boarding schools’ impacts on Native Americans.