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Key Battleship Texas items part of global D-Day celebrations
Houston Chronicle· 4 hours agoIn early June 1944, an armada some 7,000 ships strong began amassing in the English Channel off the...
Galveston County Fair & Rodeo Rolls on in Hitchcock
Galveston County Daily News· 7 days agoGalveston County Fair & Rodeo action continued Thursday at the county fairgrounds at Jack Brooks Park in Hitchcock.
On This Day, April 19: Police arrest Boston Marathon bomber, brother killed
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn 1989, an explosion in a gun turret aboard the battleship USS Iowa killed 47 sailors. On April 19,...
World War II hero's bravery: Actions by Ernest Evans led to posthumous Medal of Honor recognition |...
Tulsa World· 4 days ago"This is going to be a fighting ship," Navy Cmdr. Ernest Evans of Oklahoma said at the commissioning...
Historical markers are everywhere in America. Some get history wrong
NPR· 5 days agoA "fairer flag was never furled," declares one monument in Montgomery, Ala., not of the American...
Opinion | What Began as a War on Theater Won’t End There
New York Times· 6 days agoProductions of plays in America’s high schools have been increasingly under attack. In 2023, Anton...
On this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asks Congress to declare war on...
AOL· 6 days agoOn this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asked Congress to declare war on Spain. The declaration requested by the 25th U.S. president was in response to an ongoing ...