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I always think of my grandfather when this anniversary comes around. He enlisted in the United States Air Force shortly after the Pearl Harbor attacks. My mother still wears his wings pinned on her coat. Gramps never talked about his time spent serving our country, but did instill in me a great respect and admiration […]

I wasn’t aware of the date until I’d gotten to work this morning. Had a fight with the husband last night so naturally I’ve had very little sleep and am not quite “all here” today. My apologies for the tardiness of this post. I’ve spent most of my lunch hour scouring favorite news blogs and […]

Napoleon Bonaparte once said, “History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.” Apparently said version tends to change from time to time. I was talking with a friend about how I’d noticed that the school textbooks that Jessie’s had over the past few years were vastly different from those […]

Sixty-four years ago today, the initial landings of the Invasion of Normandy began. The invasion and establishment of Allied forces in Normandy, France during Operation Overlord in World War II sought to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi occupation. There are countless stories from brave soldiers who took part in this historic event, but I would […]

I hadn’t intended to post today, but there was too much great content in my feeds this morning to ignore. As I do every other morning, I started first with the cartoons. I have always loved Chris Muir’s Day by Day strip. Today’s was both sweet (if you’ve been following the storyline) and appropriate: Next, […]

I remember thinking last year that no one really talks about this anymore. I find it sad that an event that shook our great nation 65 years ago today is as if it has been almost erased entirely from our memory. Granted, the majority of those who lived and experienced the event first hand are […]