History in the News Archives

Every Memorial Day, thoughts of their deceased father flood the memories of Pat Delancey and Brenda Collins.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt had just been elected president, and gas was 10 cents a gallon.

In the wake of World War I, a number of people wrote response to the famous poem, "In Flanders Fields," by Col.

By Gary Gisselman * For the Wausau Daily Herald * May 29, 2008 On Memorial Day, we took time to remember those who have fallen in past wars.

On the edge of a wood near the northern French village of Fromelles, archaeologists are seeking to uncover a suspected mass grave of hundreds of Australian and British troops from World War I. A high fence ...

Korean and Vietnam War Veterans were small in numbers but strong in unity as they honored their fallen soldiers during a ceremony on Sunday.

Harold R. Lawson was born and raised in Buffalo in the old First Ward along the waterfront.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley, along with several hundred American and French citizens, paid homage to a special group of World War I aviators May 24 at the Lafayette Escadrille memorial ...

Lining Route 46 under the early afternoon sun, residents and visitors alike listened in solemn silence as the names of those who served the nation in conflicts from World War I to the present were read at the ...

Private donations will keep the Eternal Flame lit at the Liberty Memorial. Officials at the National World War I Museum turned off the steam used to give the memorial's tower its glow after the city announced ...

The Federal Government says a meeting is being held today to determine what should happen next at a suspected World War I burial site in France.

A crowd of nearly 200 individuals filled the Pendleton Community Library on Saturday morning to hear first-hand accounts about the conflict which has often been called "the forgotten war." "We're here today to ...

Today is Wednesday, May 28, the 149th day of 2008. There are 217 days left in the year.

First there were X-rays, electron microscopes, ground-penetrating radar and an extensive document search.

Ian Preuth A unique part of World War II history is on display in the Tri-State. The Liberty Belle is a newly restored B-17 Bomber that was built during the end of World War II.

Frank Buckles listens to the program before being presented with a flag during Memorial Day activities at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo.

DARMSTADT, Ind. - As World War I neared its end, a group of German immigrants weary of the war planted a linden tree seedling in southwestern Indiana, declaring it the 'peace tree.' Ninety years later, it has ...

World War II veterans from across the country got a special trip to the nation's capital to visit the memorial to their fallen comrades.

First came the X-rays, electron microscope scans, ground-penetrating radar and an extensive document search.

The Marion County Historical Society will be opening its newest exhibit, "Listen to the Rails: Marion, Crossroads of History," featuring the history of railroads in Marion and Marion County.

A suburban Chicago family has translated and sifted through their father's World War I diary, piecing together a picture of the Italian immigrant and veteran.

Today we honor all veterans, but particularly veterans of the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

BURIALS BY THE NUMBERS A look, by the numbers, at the pace of veterans' burials at national cemeteries: 6 Number of new national cemeteries under construction.

Numbers come precisely from the agile mind and nimble tongue of Frank Buckles, who seems bemused to say that 4,734,991 Americans served in the military during America's involvement in the First World War and ...

Victor Davis Hanson, a former classics professor, is a renowned conservative scholar of ancient history and military affairs who's recently become a nationally syndicated columnist and blogger.

The last living American-born veteran of World War I is scheduled to make his first visit to the Liberty Memorial tomorrow.

MARION - The World War I doughboy that has been in place at Veteran's Park since it was unveiled on Nov.

They were a swashbuckling lot - parachuting behind enemy lines, charging onto sandy beaches as bullets whizzed by, liberating countries from a totalitarian grip.

As America heads into the Memorial Day weekend, a local Medal of Honor recipient who fought in three wars says his thoughts are with the men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.

With the nation marking Memorial Day on Monday, someone smashed the World War I statue outside the Anderson, S.C. American Legion building.

One woman stopped at her old locker, lightly touching it, wondering if it felt the same.

But officials say the beaches will remain open. This month's nor'easter churned up the same stuff that had been dumped in the ocean a long time ago and started resurfacing last year.

Father Time is no respecter of persons, a lesson that is becoming keenly felt among the rapidly thinning ranks of Korean War veterans in West Virginia.

This undated handout image provided by the National Archives and Ancestry.com shows the World War I draft card of Democratic presidential hopeful Sen.

The Pendleton Community Library and American Legion Post 117 will host "Remembering the Korean War" at 10 a.m. Saturday.

“I don't want to go on this train! I don't want to go on this train!”

It was a sunny day in the Netherlands in 1940 when 8-year-old Fred Spiegel awoke to the loud noises coming from outside his home - the roar of motorcycles and the drone of low-flying airplanes. via Courier News

Grave by mass grave, South Korea is unearthing the skeletons and buried truths of a cold-blooded slaughter from early in the Korean War, when this nation's U.S.-backed regime killed untold thousands of leftists ... via PR-inside.com

“Bestowing Canadian citizenship upon Mr. Babcock is a fitting tribute to a man who represents the very best of what we rightfully call Canada's Greatest Generation.”

Just months before his 108th birthday, John "Jack" Babcock has reclaimed his Canadian citizenship. via Winnipeg Sun

“It's created somewhat of a hysterical response”

Deactivated Civil War munitions are displayed in Sam White's Chester, Va., home. via National Post

The Grand Rapids Symphony has premiered a musical piece honoring former President Gerald R. Ford. via Chicago Tribune

The remains of a Kentucky soldier killed in the Korean War have been identified. via FOX19 Cincinnati

“Lovejoy, you won't make it if you don't take these 2 tablespoons of millet mush, morning and night.”

Nick is the grandson of POW Ronald Lovejoy of Mina, Nev. Nick is a full-time student attending college at San Luis Obispo. via El Dorado Hills Telegraph

Every day starts a new story, and I'll begin with an appeal for Korean War veterans to call Arlene Shannon at the Pendleton Library at 778-7527. She is organizing a program to honor Korean War Veterans on ... via Herald-Bulletin

The mystery of 1 cannon has been solved at Dartmouth College, but another still is missing in action. via WCAX-TV Burlington

“Our whole intent is to honor these folks who have made sacrifices so the general public can know what it takes to make our country free.”

By NOELLE PHILLIPS - nophillips@thestate.com Erik Campos/ecampos@thestate.com Members of Celebrate Freedom Foundation and soldiers of 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment help assemble Vietnam War era fire ... via The State

“I wonder if you will ever know how much this country means to me?”

In this image released by Keith Sherman and Associates, Michael O. Smith is shown in "The Bully Pulpit," his one-man show about Theodore Roosevelt running through June 29 at off-Broadway's Beckett Theatre in ... via Contra Costa Times

Leonard P. Scheno, 80, of Carteret died Monday, May 12, 2008, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Rahway. via Home News Tribune

“It would cost $56,000 for a new one. We have been given a price of $19,500 and need half of that amount when it is delivered this month.”

The World War I doughboy that has been in place at Veteran's Park since it was unveiled on Nov. via Marion Star

“Others will find it interesting, another era and how it approached war, and others will consider it as propaganda entirely, essentially marketing a war effort.”

GRANVILLE -- If one image about war recruitment sticks in American minds, it's probably Uncle Sam in tailcoat and stove-pipe hat, pointing directly at you, saying, 'I want you for the U.S. Army.' Although ... via The Advocate

“This was a significant parcel, primarily because of what had happened there”

An 80-acre tract at what was once the logistical center of the Union line during the Battle of Gettysburg has been purchased by the Gettysburg Foundation. via The York Daily Record

“I saw things nobody should ever handle, and I was just 18. You're what, 14 now?”

Middle school students are helping war veterans save their memories for generations to come, thanks to a government history project. via Courier News

“This scholarship, our university's most prestigious, is a fitting tribute to the legacy of President Ford and will be a truly lifelong mark of distinction for the student recipient”

A former U.S. president who served as an instructor and assistant football coach at what would later become Davenport University will now have a scholarship created in his honor there. via Earth Times

A bit of military history has been unearthed at Camp Ripley. Plumbers were digging a 15-foot-deep trench to lay a new sewer line when they uncovered a World War I military motorcycle and sidecar. via KARE 11 TV

Plans for a new $2 billion casino at Atlantic City's south end are one step closer to reality now that the City Council has approved a redevelopment plan for the area. via KTNV

U.S. Army Secretary Pete Geren said he has authorized nearly $3 million for emergency repair and maintenance at the Korean War-era barracks at Fort Bragg. via News Observer

Sister Welder was given the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award on May 1st, 2004... Today, Governor John Hoeven announces that a man recently honored for his heroism during the Korean War...will be given the ... via KXMA-TV Dickinson

“It was clean when we moved in. It was clean when we moved out”

Not everything at Fort Knox shines like gold. A few of the house units have problems, including mold growing near the showers, but officials at the central Kentucky base say they're working to resolve those ... via Lexington Herald-Leader

“Thanks be to God for providing us with this shelter from shells and bullets.”

May 6. KAZINFORM. France has reopened a labyrinth of medieval quarries under the northern town of Arras which the British army converted into an underground hideout for 24,000 soldiers during World War I. The ... via Kazinform

“Once you're here, you're here”

The Citadel's Class of 1944 never had a commencement ceremony because every member was called up during their junior year to serve in World War II. via The Post and Courier

“A leader who plans mass destruction, together with weapons of mass destruction. What would have been left of our world?”

Israel's President Shimon Peres speaks at the opening ceremony of Holocaust Martyrs and Heroes Remembrance Day in the Warsaw Ghetto Square at Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial in Jerusalem, Wednesday, April 30, ... via The Boston Globe

“I want to see if I recognize you.”

By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer Posted : Friday May 2, 2008 9:44:55 EDT As a widely admired boxing scribe at Sports Illustrated, the late Pat Putnam was known as someone who could spin a tale with the best, ... via Navy Times

AIKEN, S. C. - Gaetan Philip Ouimet, 74, passed away with his family by his side on April 28, 2008. via Home News Tribune

“We applied for this way back in 1945. It was turned down, and we thought we went down the drain.”

Dick Rossi, the Flying Tigers pilot who downed six Japanese planes during World War II and later helped preserve the history of the world-famous volunteers, has died. via South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Officers say a World War I cannon round exploded as a man tinkered with it Wednesday night, and his legs were severed in the accident. via NWCN.com

“I'm just proud to have been there (Korea) and proud to have gotten back”

FRAZEYSBURG - Carol Lupher said her husband Bob wanted to see two things before he dies - his Silver Star and his entire family at church. via ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

“The distance between Australia and Israel is far geographically, but morally we are very close”

Governor-General Michael Jeffery and Israel's president have dedicated a park that celebrates the contribution of Australian soldiers to events that led to creation of the state of Israel. via The Age

In an April 24 story about a march in remembrance of mass killings of Armenians during World War I, The Associated Press misstated the name of the organizers. via PR-inside.com

“He suffered pretty significant injuries.”

A cannon round from the World War I era exploded Wednesday while a man tried to disassemble the projectile to recycle the brass. via KOMOradio

The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced today that the remains of two U.S. servicemen, missing from the Korean War, have been identified and will be returned to their families for ... via Sam Spade's San Francisco

“But, in general terms, he believes in accountability up the chain of command.”

Defense Secretary Robert Gates, after watching a YouTube video showing poor barracks conditions at the Army's Fort Bragg in North Carolina, said Thursday that what he saw was "appalling" and that all commanders ... via Kansas City Star

A Torah smuggled out of Lithuania before World War II has been installed in the interfaith center at a California university, its donors say. via Daily India

“What I hope to create is a sensitivity, an awareness for the mass genocides around the world that are going on and we are doing nothing about it”

The University of North Carolina Wilmington is hosting a of Holocaust remembrance events. via WECT-TV Wilmington

“There are a range of grounds under the PNG Mining Act we can go to court over”

An Australian company has not given up on its plans to explore and mine near Papua New Guinea's Kokoda Track. via The Age

OPINION: The military option -Uri Avnery Carl Von Clausewitz, the renowned military theorist, famously said that war is nothing but the continuation of politics by other means. via Daily Times

The remains of a West Virginia soldier missing since the Korean War are being returned to the United States for burial with military honors. via WSYX