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ACG WebOps (7 April 2007)Jim H. Moreno April 07, 2007 | 0 comments | Print | E-mail Daniels learned that her grandmother, Rita Hernandez, was a civilian riveter and blueprint reader during World War II, serving on the USS Franklin Roosevelt in the Brooklyn shipyard.
Dramatic military history of Jackson native – The South Alabamian Frequently, while researching material to write about, it will lead me to another topic. Such is the case this week. In my last column I did a profile on John S. Graham, long-time editor and publisher of The South Alabamian during the late 1800s and early 1900s. As it turns out, Graham had a son, Rufus L. Graham, whose life experiences are an interesting story in themselves.
History beyond the textbook – NewsSunOnline History comes alive for students through Civil War reenactments, Medieval costumes and a real landmine detector from World War I at Beach Park Middle School.
Remembering Arthur Currie: Canadian war hero – CTV.ca Arthur Currie, a farm boy from southwestern Ontario, entered the First World War without any professional military experience under his belt.
Massachusetts: Revolutionary War and life lessons at Buckman Tavern – USATODAY.com LEXINGTON, Mass. — Buckman Tavern is near many reminders of the 1775 skirmish between colonial militia and British troops that helped start the Revolutionary War — the grassy area where they clashed, the bell that rang an alarm that day, a statue commemorating the Minutemen.
Honouring their sacrifice – TheChronicleHerald.ca Christina Clarke, a 17-year-old from Owen Sound, Ont., is trying to explain why her pilgrimage to Vimy Ridge in northern France this Easter weekend is of such significance.
Vimy: when Canada said, ‘Can do’ – globeandmail.com As epochal moments of history go, the month of April, 1917, must be ranked as a doozy, right up there with July, 1789, and October, 1492. Fatefully, through the war-torn plains of central Europe during that month, a specially chartered train car brought Vladimir Lenin out of exile and back to Petrograd. The Romanovs had fallen, and the Bolshevik seizure of power was about to begin.
Top Gun: The story of air power – IBNLive.com The story of air power is a short one-the shortest in military history.
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