“Amazing Grace” as it appears in Ginny Hawker’s family heirloom songbook, Lloyd’s Primitive Baptist Hymns. You can see stains in the margins, left by the tobacco-covered hands of her aunt Annie Maud ...

In 1849, Harriet Tubman fled Maryland to Philadelphia. Soon after, Tubman began her exploits—acts of bravery that would make her a legend. Library of Congress An 8- by 5-inch 19th-century hymnal, ...

After launching new iPhones last month, Apple is promoting iCloud+ with a prominent banner on its home page, in a bid to boost its services revenue. In addition to more storage, all iCloud+ plans ...

The Texas Renaissance Festival returns in October, marking the first season after founder George Coulam died and a judge ruled the popular event must be sold. The 2025 event, now in its 51st year, ...

During a visit to Washington in the autumn of 1861, poet Julia Ward Howe attended a public parade and review of Union troops. On her way back to Willard's Hotel she found her carriage delayed by ...

Can you chip in? This year we’ve reached an extraordinary milestone: 1 trillion web pages preserved on the Wayback Machine. This makes us the largest public repository of internet history ever ...

Ask the publishers to restore access to 500,000+ books. Can You Chip In? We’re celebrating our 1 trillionth archived web page. If you find our library useful, learn how you can help us fundraise! Can ...

It's a once in a lifetime opportunity to showcase the Bring Back the Hymns ministry on arguably the most iconic stage in the world. Plum Coulee's Rosemary Siemens, along with husband Eli Bennett and ...

Knocking Oasis off the top of the UK charts, The Verve circa ‘Urban Hymns’ were a force of nature capturing the zeitgeist as Britpop went into decline. Fronted by the intensely charismatic Richard ...

Written during a tumultuous period, ‘Imagine’ is a stirring anthem that challenges listeners as much as it assuages them during times of need. In times of trouble and grief, there is one song that ...