Veterans Day
President Obama lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery during a ceremony earlier today. Photo credit: Chip Somodevilla, Getty Images Though the sacrifices and dedication...
View ArticleHonoring our Nation’s Veterans: One Classroom’s Ceremony
courtesy photo Every year students in Ms. Whitson’s classroom in Missouri, celebrate Veterans Day by participating in their community’s ceremony to honor veterans. They also get a chance to have lunch...
View ArticlePearl Harbor Day 2011: 70th Anniversary of the Attack
“Remember Dec. 7th!” Poster Armed Forces History, Division of History of Technology, National Museum of American History Today marks the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. While Americans...
View ArticleThe Story Behind “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima”
The Marine Corps War Memorial in Washington, D.C. (photo: Instagram user @gen_fraser) At around noon on February 23, 1945, six American servicemen raised a flag at the top of Mount Suribachi on the...
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