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Sir William Wallace was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence. Along with Andrew Moray, Wallace defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge in September 1297.

Mountain Edition: Friday, August 19, 2022

Claude Debussy was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Harold John "Hal" Smith was an American actor. He is credited in over 300 film and television productions, and was best known for his role as Otis Campbell, the town drunk on CBS's The Andy Griffith Show and for voicing Owl in the first four original Winnie the Pooh shorts.

September 19, 1893: Women in New Zealand Win Suffrage. In an unprecedented victory for the suffrage movement, all women in New Zealand, regardless of economic status or race, won full voting rights.

Mountain Edition: Friday, September 16, 2022

The 22nd Annual Cave Run Storytelling Festival September 23 & 24, 2022, in Partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, Daniel Boone National Forest.

Mountain Edition: Monday, September 19, 2022

Chester Alan Arthur was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. Previously the 20th US vice president, he succeeded to the presidency upon the death of President James A. Garfield in September 1881, two months after Garfield was shot by an assassin.

David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. David is a 5.17-metre marble statue of the Biblical figure David, a favoured subject in the art of Florence.