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Today in History - May 17 - The First Derby Day
May 17, 2026

Popular rider Oliver Lewis rode H. P. McGrath’s thoroughbred Aristides to victory in the first Kentucky Derby on May 17, 1875, at the Louisville Jockey Club. Fourteen of the fifteen jockeys in the derby, including Lewis, were African Americans. The…

Pentagon Marks Armed Forces Day With Special Flag
May 16, 2026

By David Vergun The War Department celebrated Armed Forces Day with a newly unveiled America 250 version of the Betsy Ross flag, unfurled over the outside of the Pentagon today at sunrise. At 20 feet long and 28 feet wide,…