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Eleven years into the new millennium and it’s still interesting (and fun) to look back and remember the history of the previous hundred years. Our current circumstances, both good and bad, find a foundation that was laid in the 20th century. From tragedy to triumph, the 20th century offers up a wealth of timeless memories [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged Berlin Wall, Christa McAuliffe, East Germany, Enola Gay, Germany, Hiroshima, James Earl Ray, Japan, john f kennedy, Lee Harvey Oswald, lee standberry, Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King Jr., moon landing, Nagasaki, Neil Armstrong, New Millenium, PEARL HARBOR, San Francisco earthquake, Soviet Union, space exploration, Space Shuttle, Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, Space Shuttle program, stock market crash, United States
Today, for many of us, King has become less a human being than a source of quotes and a saint. This will not do. A pedestal is no place to put a great man’s legacy. So this tribute is intended to not be as sanctimonious as most of those for King have become. 10. King [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Thursday, January 12, 2012 at 12:01 am
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