Currency symbols are more than just shorthand for monetary units; they are powerful icons of economic identity, national pride, and global trade. This article gets into the history and symbolism ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 7, 1782. Upon an order by George Washington, the first U.S. Military decoration, the Badge of Military Merit was created. It was awarded to three Revolutionary War ...
The 20th century gave us works that defied traditions across the arts: for instance, Igor Stravinsky’s 1913 The Rite of Spring, a ballet whose setting, in a pagan world, and enactment of human ...