History

D-Day Succeeded Thanks to an Ingenious Design Called the Mullberry Harbours 0
- History
- June 6, 2019
When Allied troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France on June 6, 1944 – a bold invasion of Nazi-held territory that helped tip the balance of World War II – they were using a remarkable and entirely untested technology: artificial ports. To stage what was then the largest seaborne assault in history, the American, British
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The Bedford Boys: A Time for Remembrance and Gratitude 0
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- June 4, 2019
Thursday, June 6th, 2019, brings the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the massive assault on occupied France by Allied Forces in World War II. It was the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. President Trump has gone to Britain to share in the remembrance of D-Day. Speakers in Great Britain, the United States, and France will remind
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When Ralph Abernathy Took His Stand 0
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- May 31, 2019
The summer of 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of man walking on the moon. Before Neil Armstrong took “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” however, another significant event occurred: Rev. Ralph Abernathy’s protest outside of the Saturn V rocket at Cape Canaveral, Florida. On the afternoon of July 15, 1969,
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On War With Iran, It’s Trump Versus the Founding Fathers 0
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- May 23, 2019
War between the United States and Iran looms, even though the latter poses no threat to the former. President Donald Trump says he doesn’t want war but for the Iranians to call him. Perhaps his entire campaign is an elaborate effort to scare Tehran to the negotiating table. Or perhaps he hopes to win political
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Collusion: It’s Not Unprecedented in American Politics 0
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- May 22, 2019
The Trump-Russia collusion fiasco supposedly ended several weeks ago. For some reason, however, the whole collusion story continues to play like “The Song That Never Ends.” Now congressional Democrats and Attorney General Barr are picking up the refrain where Mueller left off. Add in President Trump’s occasional quips about the incident and collusion seems like something
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What Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Should Know About Her Garbage Disposal 0
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- May 9, 2019
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is from New York, where garbage disposals are not very common in apartments because they were only legalized in the 1990s, as incredible as that seems. But now she lives in D.C., and she has discovered that there is one in her apartment. It permits the user to push down food scraps rather
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