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New England Air Museum to feature bronze casting of WWII veteran Ann Griffin Gleszer’s medal
FOX61· 2 days agoAccording to a release from the museum, the donation comes from Doug Griffin, the son of late WASP...
The Battle of Henry Johnson, Albany war hero
Albany Times Union· 3 days agoJune 5 is Henry Johnson Day in Albany. Nominations for the city’s annual Henry Johnson Award are open for 2024. The popular story of Henry Johnson,...
Henry Johnson, Albany war hero, is honored with annual day in Arbor Hill
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 2 days agoSergeant Henry Johnson enlisted in the Army on June 5th, 1917, a date now commemorated in Albany as Henry Johnson Day. Speaking to elementary school students in Albany, City Auditor and mayoral ...
How do we feel when leaders cry?
BBC News· 10 hours agoFor many, the idea that men don’t cry is something of an outdated notion - but what about our political leaders? On Wednesday, Wales first minister...
Swimmer Katie Ledecky on Chinese doping scandal and the Paris Olympics
CBS News· 6 days agoDays off do not exist for Katie Ledecky. "I love the distance races, I love the training," Ledecky...
John Green, Toni Morrison, Jodi Picoult, Colleen Hoover among most banned authors in Iowa
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoMorrison's novels tell complex stories of Black characters in America and detail the impact of...
This week’s passages
Seattle Times· 5 hours agoParnelli Jones, 90, who as a teenager traded in a horse for a hot rod and went on to become one of the biggest stars in auto racing and a storied figure at the Indianapolis 500, died on Tuesday ...
Meryl Streep Fast Facts
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 3 days agoCNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here’s a look at the life of Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep. PersonalBirth date: June 22, 1949Birth place:
On Poetry: The spring garden through eyes fresh and wise
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 6 days agoThis is such an equivocal spring poem, which suits my mood entirely. In her Nobel lecture, she...
Janie Mines, Naval Academy’s first Black female graduate, speaks at the Momentary in Bentonville |...
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 2 days agoJanie Mines, the first Black woman to graduate from the Naval Academy, spoke Wednesday in a crowded...