July 16, 2026
Tag: Great Race 1908
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February 12, 1908: The Day the Great Race Began
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The Race was sponsored by the NEW YORK TIMES and LA MATIN, a sister newspaper in Paris. The torturous New York to Paris route crossed three continents and amounted to over 22,000 miles in 169 days. The Thomas Flyer Team of Buffalo, New York won with a comfortable margin of 26 days. The feat has…
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July 7, 2022 4 Comments
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.