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Canada & World War II
Canadian veteran: “You kind of go into a bit of a trance”

  By bnussbaum • September 8, 2013 Uncategorized

Canadian veterans of World War II remember their experiences. Continue reading

Tagged   Canada, Canada & World War II, Heroes, Politics and History, War
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John F. Kennedy
George Raveling: Kennedy asked MLK not to speak

  By bnussbaum • August 27, 2013 Uncategorized

George Raveling, "in the right place at the right time," owns and protects the actual physical speech that Martin Luther King, Jr., read that day. He recalls hearing Kennedy ask MLK not to speak at the March. Continue reading

Tagged   Athlete, Civil Rights, Heroes, John F. Kennedy, Jr, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King, Politics and History
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Joyce Ladner describes a special moment after the March

  By bnussbaum • August 27, 2013 Uncategorized

SNCC activist Joyce Ladner describes how a few of her fellow hard-core members of the movement shared a special moment after the March and before returning to work for civil rights in the South. Continue reading

Tagged   Celebration, Civil Rights, Heroes, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Politics and History
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March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
MLK the day after the March on Washington

  By bnussbaum • August 27, 2013 Uncategorized

Martin Luther King Jr. on the day after his now famous "I Have a Dream" speech and the March on Washington. Continue reading

Tagged   Civil Rights, Heroes, March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, Martin Luther King Jr, Martin Luther King, Jr., Politics and History
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Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Abraham Zapruder Describes the Assassination

  By bnussbaum • August 27, 2013 Uncategorized

The man who shot the famous video of the assassination describes the events to a journalist just hours after Kennedy was killed. Continue reading

Tagged   Assassination of John F. Kennedy, Gun Violence, Heroes, Media, Politics and History
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Apollo 11
NASA footage

  By bnussbaum • August 20, 2013 Uncategorized

NASA footage of the astronauts throughout the mission. Continue reading

Tagged   Apollo 11, Discovery, Heroes, NASA, Science and Technology
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Apollo 11
The pilot announced, “The eagle has landed”

  By bnussbaum • August 20, 2013 Uncategorized

A University of Louisville professor remembers hearing that the landing was successful while on a plane. Continue reading

Tagged   Apollo 11, Discovery, Heroes, NASA, Science and Technology
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Apollo 11
“They wheeled the school television into the hall”

  By bnussbaum • August 20, 2013 Uncategorized

A man remembers watching the moon landing (at 3:00 a.m. in the U.K.) and the eventual first steps on the moon. Continue reading

Tagged   Apollo 11, Discovery, Heroes, NASA, Science and Technology
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Apollo 11
“Man landing on the moon was just about the biggest thing …”

  By bnussbaum • August 20, 2013 Uncategorized

British TV host and naturalist Chris Packham remembers the landing from the point of view of an eight-year-old. Continue reading

Tagged   Apollo 11, Discovery, Heroes, NASA, Science and Technology
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Apollo 11
“My husband … had dissolved in tears”

  By bnussbaum • August 20, 2013 Uncategorized

A woman remembers watching the moon landing with her children and husband. Continue reading

Tagged   Apollo 11, Discovery, Heroes, NASA, Science and Technology
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