The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here […]
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Wreaths Across America will be held tomorrow, 14 December 2019. Consider how you can honor our Veterans and their families this Christmas: Volunteer to place wreaths in a participating cemetery near you. Sponsor a wreath or two. Visit a local cemetery and spend some time contemplating the sacrifices of these brave men and women who […]
“Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.” Franklin D. Roosevelt So often Memorial Day gets wrapped up and set aside somewhere within the happy, long weekend during which many kick off the summer season. And by all means, enjoy your long weekend […]
3 February 1943, as the U.S.A.T. Dorchester made its way from Newfoundland to an American base in Greenland, encountered a torpedo from a German submarine.
This cheekily written “letter” to the folks back home painted a relaxed and happy picture of what Christmas would look like for the men stationed in Hawaii over the Christmas of 1944. The writer is unknown, but given its original owner, it may have originated somewhere within the Tenth Army Headquarters. Below, the letter is […]