September 21, 2024
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Scattered across the world are rock formations that seem too good to be true — rocks precariously balanced on other rocks, seeming to defy gravity. There are those who says aliens put them there, while others say it was glaciers or erosion. Decide for yourself.
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The Salvation Army serves mankind in many ways and we are grateful for their devotion. A Christian Mission group in London became known as the Salvation Army in 1878. A year later a young girl named Eliza Shirley came to American and settled in Philadelphia. Today the nearly two-million members work around the world. This…
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Postcard History is pleased to introduce our readers to an artist known as “Chain-saw Man,” but he claims not to use power tools. Wood is a unique artistic medium that requires special skills. Peter Toth has made a special contribution to the art world in honor of some special people.
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Composed by Walter Kent, 1941Lyrics by Nat BurtonFirst recording by vocalist Vera Lynn IN MEMORIUMVera Lynn1917-2020The Voice of England’s Unofficial HymnThe White Cliff of Dover There’ll be bluebirds overThe white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see.There’ll be love and laughterAnd peace ever after.Tomorrow, when the world is free.The shepherd will tend his…
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The Bonus Expeditionary Force or the “B. E. F.” presented itself to the Washington politicians in the summer of 1932. They were seeking Independence from a reliance on government charity. As many as 25,000 World War I veterans have nearly been forgotten by the historians.
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As a person always looking for new life challenges, she was the first woman to cross the English Channel by air. In March 1912, she sailed for England to meet Louis Blériot, a French flyer with a then international reputation. Quimby managed to convince Blériot to lend her a 50-horsepower monoplane for an attempt to…
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We historians, whether professional or amateur, casual or serious, real or imagined have many conceptual ideas about how history should be taught, learned, excepted as truth or fancy, and used to make decisions. Without regard to how history is learned we look at the “younger” generations and shake our heads thinking, “will they ever learn?”…
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“Oh, I’d love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener.” Even if you don’t like hot dogs, you know Oscar Mayer and you certainly remember singing the jingle as a kid. For certain, you have eaten a meat product produced in one of their packing plants. Fire up the grill and eat a hot dog as…
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Cotton was king in the American South and west from before the Civil War into World War II. Picking cotton was backbreaking work for slaves and later tenant farmers and sharecroppers. So why did Blytheville, Arkansas hold a Cotton Picking Contest from 1941 until 1961?