#american-revolution

#american-revolution

George Washington University announced today the school's new nickname is the Revolutionaries.The moniker replaces the now-defunct name, the Colonials.The new nickname is three years in the making.The university has been ruminating on a moniker change since summer 2020 (a period of renamings across the DC area), forming a special committee to discuss the matter.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va.A building believed to be the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in the U.S. was hoisted onto a flatbed truck and moved a half-mile Friday into Colonial Williamsburg, a Virginia museum that continues to expand its emphasis on African American history.Built 25 years before the American Revolution, the original structure stood near the college campus of William & Mary.

Realtor.comA brick home in Bordentown, NJ, that was once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte's older brother, Joseph -a diplomat, statesman, and one-time king of Spain-is the oldest property to hit the market this week on Realtor.com®.The former king of Spain is said to have lived in the historic home from 1816 until 1839, when he emigrated to the U.S. after the fall of Napoleon.

Google has released a new chatbot, Bard, and has shared the experimental technology with a limited number of people in the United States and Britain.Bard competes with similar technologies from Microsoft and its partner, the San Francisco start-up OpenAI.But Google has been cautious with its release as it tries to control the unexpected behavior exhibited by this kind of technology.

Hugh Hudson, a director whose first feature film, Chariots of Fire, won four Oscars in 1982, including for best picture, died on Friday in London.He was 86.His family announced the death to the British news media but did not cite a cause.Chariots of Fire, based on the true story of two British sprinters who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, was nominated for seven Oscars and won four, including for the composer Vangelis's musical score and for the screenplay by Colin Welland, as well as for costume design.

Thanksgiving in America has always been a rather strange combination of festival, food and frolic.We watch colorful parades in the morning, stuff ourselves in the afternoon and then retire to our couches to watch two teams of modern gladiators beat each other silly for the prize of a silver trophy.Traditions have evolved since Thanksgiving became a national holiday in the 1860s, but the sentiment has remained the same.