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On This Day, Feb. 19: Thomas Edison patents gramophone
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 months agoThomas Edison poses in his laboratory in Orange, N.J., on June 16, 1888, amidst his first gramophone...
Pekin-area middle school planning educational summer trip to nation's capital
Pekin Daily Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis summer, students from Tremont Middle School will take an educational trip to Washington, D.C.,...
Honoring our heroes: What Ozarks veterans experienced on the August flight to Washington
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIt was a very long day but it made a lot of memories for 81 veterans from the Ozarks who took the...
Valley veterans visit World War II memorial in Washington in Honor’s Flight 2nd day
KSEE articles via Yahoo News· 2 months agoWASHINGTON (KSEE) – The second day for veterans at the Central Valley Honor Flight began at the U.S....
Steven Spielberg's Oscar nominations history: Past wins and nominations
TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoWhat movies has Steven Spielberg been nominated for? Which movies has Steven Spielberg won for?...
'A reunion of honor': CU Boulder professor and WWII veteran to revisit Iwo Jima nearly 80 years...
Daily Times-Call, Longmont, Colo. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 10—Before Dick Jessor spent 70 years on the faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder, he was a Marine who fought in and survived one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Jessor ...
'Someone cares': Vets experience an emotional adventure on Honor Flight
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis trip was an opportunity they had been waiting for — and it didn’t disappoint. Eighty-one...
Museum owner returns to Normandy for D-Day anniversary
The Tribune-Star, Terre Haute, Ind. via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoVeterans Memorial Museum of Terre Haute owner Brian Mundell will be traveling to Normandy on Thursday for June 6’s 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. That’s to be as expected, since he ...
Licking Heights accepting donations for 8th grade class trip to Washington, D.C.
Newark Advocate via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe eighth-grade class at Licking Heights Middle School is currently accepting donations of any amount for their annual Washington, D.C. trip. The trip is scheduled for April 25-28 and costs ...
101-year-old Butler Martin is among the last surviving Montford Point Marines
Detroit Free Press via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoButler Martin's photos from his time as a Montford Point Marine are peppered throughout a booklet...