On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration. Created by President Franklin Roosevelt to ...

May 6 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1863, Confederate forces commanded by Gen. Robert E. Lee routed Union troops under Gen. Joseph Hooker at the Battle of Chancellorsville in Virginia. In 1915, ...

Labor Day is a good time to reflect on the history of workers in America. One of the most interesting periods came during the Great Depression with the Works Progress Administration, later called the ...

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Mark Rothko's 'No. 7' in the Macklowe Collection at Sotheby's in 2021. One crucial part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was the Works Progress Administration (WPA), an organization that created jobs ...

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Since the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration’s ornamental pedestrian bridge with riprap-style interlocking stones has offered access to Quakertown Park, where events such as the Denton Arts & ...