A Week to Remember – From Pearl Harbor to 9/11
This week in the month of September is a week of remembering. It is a week to remember the 2,977 people who died during the horrific...
War Stories
Saving and sharing the memories of our past before they're lost and gone forever
- Aug 21, 2020
- 2 min
A Fun Find for Savings Bonds
A co-worker recently suggested that I do a search on my computer for “U.S. Treasury” and “Guest Star.” Those two things did not seem to...
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- Jul 29, 2020
- 1 min
School Uncertainties in 1944 and 2020
With all the discussion about COVID-19 and reopening schools, I have been reminded of another time in our country’s history when going to...
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- Jun 30, 2020
- 2 min
A World War II Monument Not to Miss
Leroy Barnard, James E. Clark, Wilbur Daniels – this is just a few of the names engraved on the World War II monument in Savannah, GA. If...
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- Apr 28, 2020
- 3 min
Revisiting Saving Private Ryan – The True Story Behind the Movie
With the 76th Anniversary of D-Day quickly approaching and with having more free time at home, my husband and I recently re-watched the...
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- Feb 27, 2020
- 1 min
Old WWII Photographs Keep Our Family Histories Alive
As we lose more and more family members and loved ones who lived and served through World War II, old family photographs and letters...
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- Jan 27, 2020
- 1 min
Surviving Auschwitz Podcast
I just discovered this wonderful podcast from the History Channel called History This Week. This is the first episode I listened to, and...
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- Dec 18, 2019
- 2 min
The USO Brings Christmas Joy
Everyone wants to feel joy at Christmas, but imagine being in war and thousands of miles away from family and friends without the...
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- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Thankful in 1943 and Today
Thanksgiving Day during World War II was not the same for most American families. They were separated from loved ones fighting in the...
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- Mar 11, 2019
- 2 min
There is no Jewish Question in Denmark!
Another Fifth-Grade History Lesson on How Thousands of Jews were Saved during the Holocaust. While I have spent hours and hours...
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- Nov 5, 2018
- 1 min
A Fifth-Grade History Lesson
I was recently helping my fifth-grade son study for a history test and was impressed with what he was learning. Did you know that the...
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- Oct 19, 2018
- 1 min
Walt Disney, Donald Duck, & Hitler?
We recently went to Walt Disney World for part of our family vacation, and it reminded me of my favorite World War II film. Odd, hugh? My...
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- Aug 24, 2018
- 1 min
A Good Mouthful of a Movie
It’s a mouthful to say and type – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but it’s the title of the best movie I’ve seen all...
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- Aug 8, 2018
- 2 min
Huntsville's Soldiers of Production
Before World War II, Huntsville, AL was a quaint, mostly farming town. All of that changed in 1941. The U.S. government decided to make...
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- Apr 24, 2018
- 1 min
A Piece of World War II History in Georgia
This past Saturday I finally got to visit a true piece of War World II history right in Georgia! In the city of Warm Springs, sits...
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- Mar 20, 2018
- 1 min
Who’s George Marshall and What was his Plan?
While World War II helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression, it devastated many European countries. Did you know that...
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- Jun 20, 2016
- 2 min
Let’s All Grow a Victory Garden!
Have you eaten any home grown vegetables lately? I must admit that I haven’t. After trying to grow my own tomatoes two summers in a row,...
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- Apr 15, 2016
- 1 min
The Forgotten Heroes of the Home Front
The United States would not have won World War II without the millions of soldiers, nurses, and factory defense workers who served during...
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- Nov 13, 2015
- 1 min
The Numbers Tell it All
More men and women served in World War II than in any other war in American history, and the numbers speak of the huge sacrifice they...
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- Apr 27, 2015
- 1 min
A Snapshot of History
Remember this famous World War II photograph? It was taken in New York on V-J (Victory over Japan) Day, August 14, 1945, and was the...
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