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D-Day 80th anniversary: See historical photos from 1944 invasion of Normandy beaches
USA Today· 4 hours agoAccording to the Library of Congress, more than 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of...
Library of Congress hopes to preserve stories of Hawaii veterans
KHON 2 Honolulu· 2 days agoThe Library of Congress Veterans History program is working with the Oahu Veterans Center in Salt...
On this day in history, June 2, 1953, Queen Elizabeth II is crowned at London's Westminster Abbey
Fox News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoQueen Elizabeth II — on this day in history, June 2, 1953 — is crowned monarch of the U.K. before...
Recognizing D-Day sacrifices for representative democracy, as America faces a new reckoning
Ohio Capital Journal via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoEighty years ago today, in the early morning hours of June 6, 1944, the largest invasion fleet in...
Rosa Parks’s Peanut Butter Pancakes
Washington Post· 3 days agoThis recipe for Rosa Parks’s peanut butter pancakes, which she calls “featherlite,” is written in her own handwriting on the back of a bank envelope in...
On This Day, June 6: Allies invade Nazi-occupied Europe on D-Day
United Press International via Yahoo News· 4 hours agoOn June 6, 1944, hundreds of thousands of Allied troops began crossing the English Channel in the...
New Silent Comedy Blu-ray Set Reveals Long-Lost Stars, Including Drew Barrymore’s Ancestor
indieWIRE· 5 days agoThe unheralded silent film studio Vitagraph is given its proper due in new Blu-ray collection...
‘Father of State Parks.’ Meet the New York man who led KY’s first state park commission
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoThe man who was Kentucky’s first state parks commissioner can trace his ancestry back to the...
MASTERSON ONLINE: Historic prizes bestowed | Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette· 5 days agoThe nation's most lucrative award in journalism--bestowed for impartial excellence in news...
Story Behind the Song: Learn how 'Wichita Lineman' came to be
Gannett via AOL· 15 hours agoThe song would go on to become iconic for its songwriting. Bob Dylan would call it "the greatest...