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Utica Independent Infantry Company prepares for war: This week in Mohawk Valley history
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 1 year ago1812, 211 years ago Off to war "Gather 'round, boys," shouts Capt. William Williams. "I've just...
"Freedom fries" and "native victuals": Why American politicians are so weird about French food
Salon via Yahoo News· 12 months agoFrench FriesGetty Images/Javier Zayas Photography Twenty years ago, after former president George W....
Live updates | Israel's allies step up calls for halting the assault on Gaza
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoAfter France, the U.K. and Germany joined global calls for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war,...
Read the 1917 story about Evansville man who was the first American to die in World War I
The Courier & Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the early-morning hours of Nov. 3, 1917, German soldiers stormed into James Bethel Gresham’s...
World War II pilot from Benson, Minnesota, buried with full honors Saturday in France
West Central Tribune, Willmar, Minn. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJul. 11—BENSON — U.S. Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. William J. McGowan, of Benson, was buried with full military honors Saturday in France, 78 years after his plane was shot down on D-Day in Normandy ...
U.S. airman missing in France since 1944 now accounted-for after remains analyzed
NBC News via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe remains of an American airman who was listed as unaccounted-for after his plane was shot down...
Today's world turmoil a reminder of chaos leading to WWI | Opinion
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPatrick T. Conley is historian laureate of Rhode Island. Armistice Day, now known as Veterans Day,...
50 Presidential Trivia Questions and Answers To Show Your Love for American History
Parade via Yahoo News· 4 months agoLeading the free world is a hard job! From those who shattered glass ceilings to leaders who served...
On This Day, May 8: V-E Day marks end of World War II in Europe
United Press International via Yahoo News· 2 months agoPeople jam Piccadilly Circus during celebration of V-E Day on May 8, 1945, in London. UPI File Photo...
U.S. Army Air Forces pilot killed on D-Day laid to rest in Normandy 78 years later
CBS News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA 23-year-old who was killed during the World War II invasion of Normandy has been laid to rest...