History

The Freedom Tower at One World Trade Center and the lower Manhattan skyline are reflected in the East River in this photo taken from Brooklyn Heights taken in April.  … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 119th day of the year. On this day in 1868, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle carried what is acknowledged to be the earliest known report in the United States on dwarf trees, also known as bonsai trees. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 116th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of April 26, 1899, reported that the U.S. Navy’s North Atlantic Squadron, which had been cruising in the West Indies for several months, was headed to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs and a general overhaul. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 115th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for April 25, 1902, reported on a “parlor car romance” that led to marriage. … Full Article

I recently conducted an interview in Tampa with Brendon Rennert, the proud grandson of Tuvia Bielski, the commander of the Bielski Brigade that eluded and fought off the Nazis in the dense Naliboki forest of western Belarus while protecting, and saving the lives of over 1,200 Jews for three … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 114th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle for April 24, 1902, carried a story about an explosion on a tugboat docked in the Newtown Creek, which destroyed three other tugboats and killed several people. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 113th day of the year. On this day in 1902, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported on the theft and recovery of a silver tea set that had once belonged to England’s King George III. … Full Article

Good morning. Today is the 112th day of the year. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle of April 22, 1902, described a party of 40 Brooklyn priests and several Catholic laymen who were traveling on the steamer Liguria. … Full Article

Ten seconds and 100 yards. The time and distance between two bombs. … Full Article

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Sirens wailed and church bells tolled in Warsaw as largely Roman Catholic Poland paid homage Friday to the Jewish fighters who rose up 70 years ago against German Nazi forces in the Warsaw ghetto uprising. … Full Article