November 11, 1918: Marshal Foch and Admiral Wemyss, representing the Allies, and Minister of State Erzberger, representing Germany, sign the armistice at 5:15 AM inside Marshal Foch’s own train, number 2419D of the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits — thus becoming...
A painting of spectators watching the dedication of the Statue of Liberty from Lower Manhattan. In truth the fog for most of the day would have made it difficult to see. https://untappedcities.com/2016/10/27/throw-back-thursday-1886-the-statue-of-liberty-is-dedicated/ Latest: 10/29/18 Update: 5 of these...
Human Statue of Liberty (Goddess of Liberty), Camp Dodge, Iowa. From the Collection of the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum at Camp Dodge, Johnston, IA. goldstarmuseum@iowa.gov OTD: August 22, 1918 – August 22, 2018 My Fellow Americans, Dear...
Le Pont de Fismette célèbre la mémoire des hommes de la 28e Division américaine venus libérer la ville en septembre 1918 puis en août 1945. Fismette’s Memorial Bridge commemorates the sacrifices made by the soldiers of the 28th Infantry...
Paris, France in the Fall of 1947: Ms. Gabrielle Griswold. (Private Collection). This photo shows Blake’s American Aid to France during a Friendship Train Steering Committee meeting, held to discuss Friendship Train distributions throughout France. Blake sits at his...
G. Hocquard, Général Walton H. Walker et Commandant Guy de La Vasselais par Thomas K. Kone de Dallas, Texas – Coll. BMM http://missmediablog.fr/gabriel-hocquard-chez-les-indiens/ Latest: OTD: September 18, 1947 – September 18, 2017 70 years ago today, the...
The 2017 Clements Award winners Steven K. Riley (left), Whitney Walker and Amy Madsen (second from right) pose with Bess and Tyler Abell next to a bust of Earle C. Clements at M.I. King Library Building. UK Photo |...
An American Hero: Heather Heyer (May 29 1985-August 12, 2017), the 32-year-old Charlottesville paralegal murdered by an American Nazi in Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. on August 12, 2017. Long Live Lady Liberty! Long Live the spirit of Heather...
January 12, 1946 – New York City The 82nd Airbone Division in the WWII victory march up 5th Avenue in honor of all the units that served during that conflict. It was a great day for the division to...
Nov. 1947: A group of Arkansas officials standing in front of one of the “Friendship Train” cars to be sent to France in the late 1940s. Courtesy of the Arkansas State Archives. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2681 #GRATITUDE #RESISTANCE #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70 © The...