Moments in Time – August 21, 2024
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On Sept. 2, 1945, Vietnamese communist Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam’s independence from France following Japan’s World War II surrender, in a proclamation ... Continue Reading →
Sports Quiz – August 9, 2024
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Questions
What Baseball Hall of Famer served in World War II on the attack transport USS Bayfield during the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944?
Alberto Spencer, ... Continue Reading →
Designers’ works incorporate American symbols
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Memorial Day is a time to both honor individual memories and reflect on American history. Designers have drawn inspiration ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – October 25, 2023
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On Nov. 6, 1869, Rutgers beat Princeton, then known as the College of New Jersey, 6-4 in the first college football game. Played with a soccer ball before roughly 100 ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – December 28, 2022
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On Jan. 9, 1859, Carrie Lane (later Catt) entered the world in Ripon, Wisconsin. A staunch women’s suffragist and peace advocate, she founded the League of Women ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – April 29, 2022
On May 13, 1607, some 100 English colonists arrive along the east bank of the James River in Virginia to found Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America. Dispatched ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – April 21, 2021
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On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island becomes the first American colony to renounce its allegiance to King George III. Ironically, Rhode Island would be the last state to ratify ... Continue Reading →
Moments in Time – November 11, 2020
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On Nov. 28, 1582, William Shakespeare, 18, and Anne Hathaway, 26, pay a 40-pound bond for their marriage license in Stratford-upon-Avon. Six months later, Anne gives birth ... Continue Reading →
2020 Honor Flights starting up soon
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Last year the Honor Flights Network took 21,000 World War II, Korean War and Vietnam War era veterans from around the country aboard flights to Washington, D.C. ... Continue Reading →
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