Tag: Mississippi River

Museum of the Confederacy Opens Civil War Message, Decodes It: No Help Coming

RICHMOND, VA.- A glass vial stopped with a cork during the Civil War has been opened, revealing a coded message to the desperate Confederate commander in Vicksburg on the day the Mississippi city fell to Union forces 147 years ago. The dispatch offere…

Iowa Museum Aquarium Exhibit Highlights Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill

DES MOINES (AP).- A new exhibit at an aquarium in Iowa that had intended to showcase the beauty of the Gulf of Mexico will instead be void of life to underline the environmental impact of a massive oil spill in the ocean basin. The 40,000-gallon aquari…

Iowa Museum Aquarium Exhibit Highlights Oil Spill

DES MOINES (AP).- A new exhibit at an aquarium in Iowa that had intended to showcase the beauty of the Gulf of Mexico will instead be void of life to underline the environmental impact of a massive oil spill in the ocean basin. The 40,000-gallon aquari…

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