This Day in Alaska History-August 19th, 1935
Fresh fossil finds in Africa shed light on the era before Earth’s largest mass extinction
An international team of paleontologists has spent more than 15 years excavating and studying fossils from Africa to expand our understanding of the Permian, a period of Earth’s history that began 299 million years ago and ended 252 million years ago with our planet’s largest and most devastating mass extinction. Led by researchers at the […]
This Day in Alaskan History-August 13th, 1915
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The Purple Heart: America’s Oldest Medal
Did you know that the Purple Heart is America’s oldest military award? In 1782, although the Revolutionary War was basically over and peace talks were happening in Paris, Gen. George Washington needed a way to quell the talk of rebellion. Congress was running out of money after years of war against England. Troops were hungry […]