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MORGAN’S NOSE
In honor of the birth of one of the great Robber Barons, here is my favorite anecdote about J.P. Morgan. He was born on April 17, 1837. J.P. Morgan had a skin condition that caused his nose to be large Read more
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FACTS ABOUT “LITTLE SURE SHOT”
She was born on August 13, 1860 in a log cabin to a poor farm family in Ohio. Her name was Phoebe Anne Moses. Her sisters called her Annie and later she took the last name Oakley after a neighboring Read more
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THE HERO OF MY LAI
It was supposed to be a routine reconnaissance mission in support of an American assault on a Viet Cong stronghold. But the “stronghold” was My Lai and what the helicopter crew saw was not a battle, but a massacre. Read more
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THE FIRST KILL
The two aviators ran to their planes and took off, they landed heroes. The day was April 14, 1918. For Lt. Douglas Campbell, it was the culmination of a dream to serve his country in battle. Campbell, the son Read more
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FORT PILLOW MASSACRE
The bugle sounded, followed by the Rebel Yell. What followed was the most infamous massacre of the Civil War. In March, 1864 Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest launched a cavalry raid into western Kentucky and Tennessee. One of his Read more
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The Hell House
In March, 2004, four military contractors were killed in Fallujah, Iraq. When their bodies were burned and hung from a bridge, the Pentagon decided it was time to clean out the city. Operation Phantom Fury was planned as a Read more
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ESCAPE FROM AUSCHWITZ
After three days without food or water (or bathroom facilities), the two men emerged from the wood pile and began their journey to freedom. Rudolf Vrba (19 years old) and Alfred Wetzler (26 years old) were inmates in Auschwitz. Read more
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THE CONTRALTO VERSUS THE D.A.R.
The words “My country ‘tis of thee, sweet land of liberty” rang out to the crowd of 75,000 in front of the Lincoln Memorial to begin the most famous concert ever held in the national capital. The nation Read more
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THE THIEF AND HIS MOTHER
This is my favorite fable from Aesop. A boy returned home one day with a book that he had stolen from a classmate. Instead of scolding and punishing her son, the mother asked him if anyone had seen him Read more
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THE FATHER OF CEREAL
Willie Kellogg was born the seventh of sixteen kids on April 7, 1860 in Battle Creek, Michigan. A poor student, Will dropped out after sixth grade and went to work as a broom salesman for his father’s broom company. Read more