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WWII Veteran Is Also The Only Living Son Of A Civil War Soldier
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 5 days agoServing in the military is a family tradition for William Pool. The 99-year-old veteran fought at...
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds was once site of Union Army camp during the Civil War
Belleville News-Democrat via Yahoo News· 2 days agoVeterans from the War of 1812 to the Civil War came to hear generals William Sherman, Philip...
Joan Brady, ballet dancer turned novelist who won the Whitbread for Theory of War – obituary
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoJoan Brady, who has died aged 84, cut short a promising career as a dancer with the New York City...
A Juneteenth history lesson, remembrance at Civil War soldier's grave site in Riverhead
Newsday· 7 days agoAmid a bloody Civil War in which the freedom of millions of enslaved people likely hung in the...
Juneteenth, 40 Acres and a Mule and Other Broken Promises to African Americans
The Root via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOnce the war was over and soldiers returned home, this hope was quickly diminished. Black veterans...
Arthur Hoke followed family fishing tradition
The Hannibal Courier-Post· 16 hours agoArthur M. Hoke’s horse-drawn surrey was a familiar sight in Hannibal during the first quarter of the 20th Century, as he offered delivery service for the...
Donald Sutherland, veteran actor and father of Kiefer Sutherland, dead at 88
Good Morning America via Yahoo News· 2 days agoActor Donald Sutherland, who starred in films including "Klute," "M*A*SH*," "Ordinary People" and,...
Gen. Eisenhower's grandson educates tour group for D-Day anniversary | Georgiana Vines
Knox News | The Knoxville News-Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 days agoOn the ship, Eisenhower was not the only speaker, with other...Eisenhower’s challenges with...
Robert I. ‘Ric’ Cottom Jr., historian, author and WYPR commentator, dies
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 7 days agoRobert I. “Ric” Cottom Jr., an esteemed historian, author and publisher who entertained WYPR for more than two decades with his historical vignettes, died of coronary artery disease May 31 at ...
The Real Motorcycle Club That Inspired ‘The Bikeriders’ Has a Long, Controversial History
Biography via Yahoo News· 1 day agoThe Chicago Outlaws Motorcycle Club inspired ‘The Bikeriders,’ starring Tom Hardy and Austin Butler....
