For 18 Days, Lake Champlain Was A Great Lake
Today in 1998, a little-noticed line in a funding bill for the National Sea Grant Program led the United States to declare that there were not five but six Great Lakes.
A Couple Months Before The US Entered World War II, Vermont Declared War On The Nazis
In 1941, one of the United States recognized a state of war for a very technical reason, months before the country formally entered the second World War.
Tomatoes Are Fruit, But The Supreme Court Once Ruled That They’re Vegetables
Today in 1893, the highest court in the land made a controversial ruling that would profoundly affect Americans to this day: the US Supreme Court ruled that the tomato was a vegetable.
In The 1920s There Was A Footrace From Los Angeles To New York
On this day in 1928, the start of the Trans-America Foot Race, aka the "Bunion Derby," in which about 200 runners in Los Angeles set out to run all the way to New York City.
When Kentucky Had a “Meat Shower”
What the heck caused meat to fall from the sky over Bath County, Kentucky on this day in 1876?
The Goat Mayor Of Fair Haven, Vermont
Lincoln is the new mayor of Fair Haven, Vermont. Lincoln the goat.