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D-Day: The fight to get off Omaha Beach

August 11, 2015
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The D-Day invasion of France on June 6, 1944 was the turning point of World War II. Of all the beach landings, the landing on Omaha beach was the bloodiest of all. By the end of the day...

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By Allen Cornwell

D-Day: The Landing on Omaha Beach

August 11, 2015
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Early in the morning of June 6, 1944 something began to happen that changed the world. Over 160,000 Allied Troops, jumping out of planes, or off of ships, landed on the beaches and fields of Normandy, France. By the end...

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General George Custer: A fool, or a misguided narcissist?

August 10, 2015
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George Custer. We are never short on examples of pure stupidity: people leaving their kids or pets in hot cars; also called abuse. How about those pick nickers who forget to douse the coals on their campfire or barbecues, and...

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Historic Virginia hotel has had a history of fires

August 10, 2015
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Jefferson Hotel, Richmond, Virginia in the 1920’s. Twelve fires in seventy years is a stunning number of blazes. Even more surprising, is that eleven of them took place in just 29 years; and, there may have been more not found...

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At least half of the Civil War dead were never identified

August 10, 2015
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Civil War Monument of the unknown, Arlington, Virginia. Historian, Drew Gilpin Faust, has stated that at least half of the soldiers who died in the Civil War were never identified. Past historians have suggested a lower number, but Faust’s recent...

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Eisenhower: A Five Star General,who never had battlefield experience.

August 9, 2015
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower, Supreme Allied Commander, during World War two. He wears the five-star cluster of the newly-created rank of General of the Army. Yes, it is true. Most of us imagine that our war heroes had worked themselves...

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With the birth of the film industry, soon came the call for censorship.

August 9, 2015
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A crowd of children going into a movie theatre in Florida. In the early twentieth century, the average American had less than a 5th grade education. To many, memories of the Civil War were still very clear. That generation had...

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The captains of industry refused to serve in a war that they profited from.

August 9, 2015
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Andrew Carnegie, (in the center) was one of the leading industrialists of his time. He was drafted in the Civil War, but paid a substitute ($850.00) to serve in his place. He was not alone. In the beginning, it...

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If you want to know the truth about history, start with George Washington’s birthplace.

August 9, 2015
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George Washington’s Birthplace (Wakefield) located in Westmoreland County, Virginia George Washington would have probably scratched his head in disbelief. Let’s pretend that our first President never died, and instead he has been asleep for over two hundred years. When he...

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The freedom of the world depended on this one thing.

July 30, 2015
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Much of history, including that about World War II, outlines events in general terms — the big names and a summary of what happened. As always, however, the larger truth generally lies in the details. Digging beneath the surface there...

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