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We saw you, America.
In Belleau Wood and Bastogne, at Normandy and Guadalcanal, from Chosin to Kandahar, they did what was asked of them. Wherever they fell, they did what was asked of them.
We know. We knew them.
We see you honor them.We see you, America. pic.twitter.com/K1NQdWgpqN
— Canadian Forces in 🇺🇸 (@CAFinUS) May 28, 2022
Photo Memory of the Week
Posted: 2022 May 28
Music of the Week
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Words of the Week
“To do nothing is in everyone’s power.” - Samuel Johnson
Source: John Robson's Words Worth NotingPosted: 2022 May 28
Tweet of the Week
28 May 1941 | In the evening a transport of 304 Poles deported by Germans from #Warsaw arrived at #Auschwitz. Among them were 12 priests, including a Franciscan Maximilian Kolbe (no. 16670) who on 29 July 1941 offered his life to save a prisoner selected for starvation death. pic.twitter.com/1cCd9ae0kq
— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 28, 2022
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Category Archives: Through History
Hold My Beer and Farewell Best Beloved
History in the making. Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, Through History, Through the Calendar
Tagged History, Word Play
6 Comments
Going in Style
How did you spend your week? Continue reading
Only So Many Days
The big take-away? What’s with that glaring gap in 1952? Continue reading
Posted in Laughing Frequently, New Perspectives, Through History
Tagged Attitudes, History, Miscellany
6 Comments
One Planet, One People
An aspiration and a reality. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Feeling Clearly, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Community, Culture
6 Comments
The Last Time
A question for all time, and our times. Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Policy, Sports and Exercise, Thinking Broadly, Through History
Tagged Citizenship, Critical Thinking, History, Sports
4 Comments
Avocado’s Number
It’s never too late to embark on a scientific career. I mean, how hard can it be? Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Laughing Frequently, Through History
Tagged History, Science
18 Comments
Anything You Can Do
Why Annie was wrong. Continue reading
Posted in Appreciating Deeply, Through History, You are Here
Tagged History, Technology, Trains & Boats & Planes
8 Comments
Good as the Best
And now here’s the civil engineers heard from. Continue reading
More Than Meets the Eye
What I learned from a 19th-century polymath. Continue reading
