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Report: Hitler order protected Jewish WWI veteran
BERLIN (AP) — A German Jewish newspaper reports that a Jewish World War I veteran apparently was spared deportation to a Nazi death camp due to an intervention by Adolf Hitler. The quarterly Jewish Voice reports that a newly discovered letter...Tags: Judaism, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Religion and Belief
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In ash tree killer, shades of a past blight
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- Aware that a 90-year-old American elm on the South Quad had, for some time, been dying, the University of Notre Dame, on Aug. 2, 1955, had Henry Moore, a South Bend tree surgeon, remove the 80-foot giant. Later that same week, the city of...Tags: Health and Safety at School, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Henry Moore, Colleges and Universities, North America
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'Forrest Gump' to be preserved in US film registry
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Library of Congress has selected "Forrest Gump," ''Bambi" and "Silence of the Lambs" to be included among the nation's treasures in the world's largest archive of film, TV and sound recordings. The films announced Wednesday...Tags: Movies, Silence of the Lambs (movie), Entertainment, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Broward Health Medical Center
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ND switching from sheepskin to paper diplomas
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND - The University of Notre Dame is putting its sheepskin diplomas out to pasture. Starting in January, all diplomas issued to graduates will be paper rather than the sheepskin ones that have been traditional at the university for a least a...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Colleges and Universities, University of Notre Dame, Graduation
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Sharpsburg Elementary School fifth-graders honor fallen soldiers
caleb.calhoun@herald-mail.comSharpsburg Elementary School fifth-grader Kahlin Stydinger said placing American flags on the graves at Antietam National Cemetery was a way to reward the Civil War soldiers buried there because of what they fought for. “That’s the only...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Students, Human Interest, Korean War (1950-1953), International Military Interventions
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Memorial Day observances
The following local events have been scheduled in observance of Memorial Day: Saturday • Rose Hill Cemetery at 600 S. Potomac St. in Hagerstown will hold its annual Memorial Day service at 9:30 a.m. The guest speaker is retired U.S. Army Lt. Col....Tags: Christianity, Battle of Antietam, Human Interest, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), American Legion
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Free access to military records on Ancestry.com
Sun SentinelIn honor of Memorial Day, get free access to family military records from Ancestry.com. Search through military records in collections including Draft Registration Cards for WW1 and WWII, Civil War and Department of Veterans Affairs death files from...Tags: Memorial Day
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Back Story: First Memorial Day celebrated 145 years ago
"We cherish too, the Poppy red / That grows on fields where valor led, / It seems to signal to the skies / That blood of heroes never dies." — "We Shall Keep the Faith" by Moina Michael For many Marylanders, Memorial Day is the unofficial...
Tags: U.S. House of Representatives, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Christianity, Human Interest, Belair Road
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New Britain To Mark Memorial Day With Ceremonies
The city's Memorial Day parade and ceremonies are scheduled for May 30. The parade is set to begin at 6 p.m. at Broad and Burritt streets and will follow Broad Street and then Main Street to reach the reviewing stand at Central Park before ending at...Tags: Vietnam, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Arts and Culture, Human Interest, Festive Events
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Artcetera
Laguna Art Museum 307 Cliff Drive (949) 494-8971 http://www.lagunaartmuseum.org Open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays and Fridays through Sundays; 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursdays; and closed Wednesdays. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for...
Tags: Fine Arts, Artists, Sculpture, Music, Entertainment
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West Hartford Memorial Day Parade To Step Off Monday
The Hartford CourantAs long as forecasted rain holds off, the town will celebrate the Memorial Day holiday with the annual parade and Fairview Cemetery flag placement ceremony. On Saturday, May 25, at 9 a.m., all are welcome to help place American flags on the grave...Tags: West Hartford, American Legion, Human Interest, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Newington Honors 26 Residents Killed In War During Memorial Day Parade Saturday
The Hartford CourantSaturday's Memorial Day Parade will have a symbolic "grand marshal" representing the the 26 service members from town who died in conflicts from World War I to the Vietnam War. A riderless horse with a reversed boot in the stirrup, an ancient symbol of a...Tags: Afghanistan, Human Interest, Korean War (1950-1953), Executive Branch, Politics
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