April 10, 2026
Tag: unknown soldiers
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Tombs of the Unknown
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One-hundred years ago today, the United States congress approved the burial of an American Unknown Soldier. Today, the centennial of that legislation will most likely go unnoticed by most, but not here at Postcard History. Give these heroes a salute!
Past Article
October 7, 2019 3 Comments
The South Florida Hurricane happened in September 1928. Calvin Coolidge was the occupant of the Oval Office. The weather bureau had been working at forecasting dangerous storms for more than fifty years, but their most useful tools were that of educated observation and data comparison to the statistics of past events. “Accurate” was hardly part of the meteorological vocabulary at that time. Here are the facts of a storm almost forgotten.