Eight Things To Know

Pony Express; Civil War; Mars; 1918 troop ship to France; Cronkite; Ukraine end game; and more

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1. The case for a Pony Express Derby

2. On this date in 1865

3. Cronkite announces the news of LBJ’s death, 1973

4. Word of the week: “rewilding”

5. This week’s bold prediction: the Ukraine endgame

6. Cavalry officer Verne Chaney’s trip to France, 1918

7. NASA’s Mars exploration enters a new phase

8. Worth a thous…