https://www.911memorial.org/node/91066 Updated Coverage: LIVE FROM NEW YORK: 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York YouTube: Vidéos Bing Live: Nation marks 25th anniversary of 9/11 attacks with ceremonies in New York, DC and Pennsylvania Live: Nation marks...
Tons of Toys Being Shipped to Europe. 900,000 toys, collected in the American Legion’s “Tide of Toys” program, are loaded aboard the SS American Defender in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for shipment from American children to the toyless children of The...
Atlanta, Georgia, December 13, 2016: Denzel Washington reads a book with his Mount Vernon, N.Y. childhood librarian, Connie Mauro. Atria Johnson Ferry/Facebook https://www.cbsnews.com/news/denzel-washington-helps-childhood-librarian-celebrate-her-99th-birthday/ OTD: July 4, 1776 – July 4, 2019 Dear Citizens of Mount Vernon, New York,...
Mount Vernon Public Library, New York. View of the Liberty Road Marker, a permanent reminder to Mount Vernon residents of their ties with the French city of Thionville, was dedicated at the main entrance to the Library on South...
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...
Mr. Francis Meilland (1912-1958) born in Tassin-la-Demi-Lune, Rhône, France. Diémoz: Une rose Meilland sur un timbre américain. Le Dauphiné Libéré. Photo DR https://www.ledauphine.com/isere-nord/2018/04/17/une-rose-meilland-sur-un-timbre-americain Latest: American Rose Center hosts Peace Rose Forever stamp dedication Gerry May Apr 21, 2018...
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...
The Obama Foundation Compte certifié @ObamaFoundation 19 H Today, @BarackObama and @MichelleObama became the first presidential couple to be painted by African American artists for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. http://obama.org/portrait #GRATITUDE #RESISTANCE #MDFDEFriendshipMerciTrain70 © The Official...
Paris, France Dec. 19, 1947: Drew Pearson, the most popular U. S. newspaper and radio commentator of his time, was awarded the French Legion of Honor, rank of Chevalier, yesterday in recognition of his work in organizing the “Friendship...
Dr. Henry J. Cadbury, Chairman of American Friends Service Committee of Philadelphia (1928 to 1934 and 1944 to 1960), circa 1947. Credit: Courtesy the American Friends Service Committee. http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=1-2-F4A Latest: All roads to Democracy lead to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, home...