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Dec 05, 2016

Two Ceremonies Will Mark 75th Anniversary Of Pearl Harbor At WWII Memorial

President Barack Obama plans to visit Pearl Harbor at the end of December with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Jun 19, 2015

[Video] WWII Vets Have More Fun At DCA Than Anyone Thought Possible

They had some smooth moves in the departure hall.

Jul 17, 2014

UN’s WWII War Crimes Records Now Available To Public At Holocaust Museum

Access to the records was restricted at the United Nations.

Jun 24, 2008

SILVERDOCS Wrap-Up: Theater of War

Meryl Streep as Mother Courage in John Walter’s absorbing, perceptive Theater of War. There are documentaries that entertain and many more that educate, and there are plenty that grab you by the lapels and spout hummus-breath in your face about how you need to stop eating meat and trade your vulgar, barbarous combustion-powered vehicle in for a bike — today! Then there are the rare documentaries that prod you, subtly but insistently, to reexamine the…

Apr 03, 2008

Revisiting the Jefferson Memorial

If you’ve been down to the Tidal Basin to see the Cherry Blossoms, then you’ve probably already revisited the Jefferson Memorial. When we went down there the other day, we found the Memorial abuzz with a mix of tourists, regular locals, and locals who were hosting tourists. The weather was wet and gray, and the kids in a school group were shifting around to relieve their sore feet. Parents were flush, grandparents rested on the…

 
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