General Douglas MacArthur graduated from the United States Military Academy with the class of 1903. Sixty-six years later his wife, Jean, dedicated this statue by Walter Hancock to the campus at West Point, New York.
General Douglas MacArthur graduated from the United States Military Academy with the class of 1903. Sixty-six years later his wife, Jean, dedicated this statue by Walter Hancock to the campus at West Point, New York.
Coleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, is the site of one of two American cemeteries in Normandy, France. The 172-acre memorial holds white marble grave markers for 9,386 American lives lost in Normandy battles during World War II. Buried at the site are 307 unknown soldiers, three Congressional Medial of Honor recipients, and four people. A father and son share a grave as do thirty-three pairs of brothers."
Coleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, is the site of one of two American cemeteries in Normandy, France. The 172-acre memorial holds white marble grave markers for 9,386 American lives lost in Normandy battles during World War II. Buried at the site are 307 unknown soldiers, three Congressional Medial of Honor recipients, and four people. A father and son share a grave as do thirty-three pairs of brothers."
Coleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, is the site of one of two American cemeteries in Normandy, France. The 172-acre memorial holds white marble grave markers for 9,386 American lives lost in Normandy battles during World War II. Buried at the site are 307 unknown soldiers, three Congressional Medial of Honor recipients, and four people. A father and son share a grave as do thirty-three pairs of brothers."
Coleville-sur-Mer, overlooking Omaha Beach, is the site of one of two American cemeteries in Normandy, France. The 172-acre memorial holds white marble grave markers for 9,386 American lives lost in Normandy battles during World War II. Buried at the site are 307 unknown soldiers, three Congressional Medial of Honor recipients, and four people. A father and son share a grave as do thirty-three pairs of brothers."
La Cambe is a five-acre cemetery for Nazi soldiers located near Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France. Crosses made from black lava mark the graves of 21,160 German soldiers killed during World War II while fighting the Allies along fifty miles of Normandy coastline.
La Cambe is a five-acre cemetery for Nazi soldiers located near Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France. Crosses made from black lava mark the graves of 21,160 German soldiers killed during World War II while fighting the Allies along fifty miles of Normandy coastline.
La Cambe is a five-acre cemetery for Nazi soldiers located near Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France. Crosses made from black lava mark the graves of 21,160 German soldiers killed during World War II while fighting the Allies along fifty miles of Normandy coastline.
La Cambe is a five-acre cemetery for Nazi soldiers located near Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France. Crosses made from black lava mark the graves of 21,160 German soldiers killed during World War II while fighting the Allies along fifty miles of Normandy coastline.
La Cambe is a five-acre cemetery for Nazi soldiers located near Omaha Beach and Pointe du Hoc in Normandy, France. Crosses made from black lava mark the graves of 21,160 German soldiers killed during World War II while fighting the Allies along fifty miles of Normandy coastline.
Checkpoints such as these were facts of life along the border of East and West Berlin for nearly thirty years during the Cold War. Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the checkpoints were dismantled as Germany reunited.
Checkpoints such as these were facts of life along the border of East and West Berlin for nearly thirty years during the Cold War. Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the checkpoints were dismantled as Germany reunited.
Photograph of the Harry and Bess Truman home, accompanied by the following text: "Above: This house at 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri, was home to Harry and Bess Truman throughout their married lives. Build by Bess Wallace Truman's maternal grandfather and now personage by the National Park Service, the Victorian-style house is just a short distance from the Truman Library, where the former President maintained an office after his White House years.; Opposite: The wooded path (bottom), near Robert Frost's home in Ripton, Vermont, was a regular source of inspiration for the New England poet. Walkers taking "the road less traveled," will find the little cabin (top) where Frost spent many summers writing."
Photograph of two people in a small tower with broken windows, accompanied by the following text: "Above: Checkpoints such as these were facts of life along the border of East and West Berlin for nearly thirty years during the Cold War. Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the checkpoints were dismantled as Germany reunited.; Opposite: This seventy-eight-foot-tall bronze memorial, overlooking Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Virginia, honors the World War II soldiers who raised the flag on the island of two Iwo Jima during the battle there in February 1954, the statue is the work of the artist Felix de Weldon, who sculpted the scene in clay just seventy-two hours after seeing a photograph of the flag raising. It took hundreds of artisans eight years to finish the memorial."
Checkpoints such as these were facts of life along the border of East and West Berlin for nearly thirty years during the Cold War. Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the checkpoints were dismantled as Germany reunited.
Checkpoints such as these were facts of life along the border of East and West Berlin for nearly thirty years during the Cold War. Shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989, the checkpoints were dismantled as Germany reunited.
This house at 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri, was home to Harry and Bess Truman throughout their married lives. Build by Bess Wallace Truman's maternal grandfather and now personage by the National Park Service, the Victorian-style house is just a short distance from the Truman Library, where the former President maintained an office after his White House years.
This house at 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri, was home to Harry and Bess Truman throughout their married lives. Build by Bess Wallace Truman's maternal grandfather and now personage by the National Park Service, the Victorian-style house is just a short distance from the Truman Library, where the former President maintained an office after his White House years.
This house at 219 North Delaware Street in Independence, Missouri, was home to Harry and Bess Truman throughout their married lives. Build by Bess Wallace Truman's maternal grandfather and now personage by the National Park Service, the Victorian-style house is just a short distance from the Truman Library, where the former President maintained an office after his White House years.
A photo of Harry S. Truman's grave marker. It is engraved with the following information: "Harry S. Truman; Born May 8, 1884; Landmark Missouri; Died December 26, 1972; Married June 28, 1919; Daughter; Born February 17, 1924; Judge; Eastern District; Jackson County; Jan. 1. 1923 - Jan 1. 1925; Presiding Judge; Jackson County; Jan 1. 1927 - Jan 1. 1935; United States Senator; Missouri; Jan 3. 1935 - Jan 18. 1945; Vice President; United States; Jan 20. 1945 - Apr. 12. 1945; President; President; United States; Apr. 12. 1945 - Jan. 20. 1953."
