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The Significance Of Poppies On Memorial Day–And How It Became A Tradition
Southern Living via Yahoo News· 4 days ago“In Flanders fields the poppies blow/ Between the crosses, row on row" These words, penned by...
Today in History: Bonnie and Clyde shot and killed
Chicago Tribune· 3 days agoOn May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death in a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. In 1430, Joan of Arc...
Idris Elba on why Second World War docuseries on black stories matters today
Press Association News via AOL· 10 hours agoBritish actor Idris Elba has said the stories of black people who fought during the Second World War...
Nearly half of young adults do not know what D-Day is
Daily Telegraph· 5 days agoThe Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) found only 48 per cent of people aged 18 to 34...
Here's how Abilene's Eisenhower Library will commemorate 80th anniversary of D-Day
Salina Journal via Yahoo News· 3 days agoABILENE — Next month will mark 80 years since Allied Forces landed at Normandy, and the boyhood home...
Mayo village set to celebrate 80th anniversary of D-Day landings
Irish Central· 8 hours agoThe Mayo village of Blacksod will host a day-long commemoration honoring the 80th anniversary of the...
Biden delivers commencement speech at West Point
Stars and Stripes· 2 days agoU.S. President Biden delivered the commencement speech on Saturday at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, amid conflicts in Ukraine and...
Veteran attends torch ceremony ahead of D-Day 80
BBC via AOL· 5 days agoStan Ford reflected on his time in the Royal Navy with primary school pupils [BBC] A 99-year-old veteran joined a ceremony to pass on a commemorative...
About Milwaukee's Gertie the duck
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 days agoWisconsinites and their fellow Americans were war weary but hopeful as spring sprung in 1945 and Allied forces made gains in both theaters of World War...
When Jews are considered victims
The Washington Times· 4 days agoIn 1945, as Nazi Germany surrendered unconditionally to Allied forces, the horrors of the Holocaust began to emerge and disclosed to the world that some...
