When we think of veterans portrayed in the media, we often think of men and women with vacant eyes, internally suffering over images of gunfire and bloodshed in overseas lands. To assume that all veterans are gun-toting radicals, suffering from PTSD and prone to...
Angela Rickett’s memoir, No Man’s War, casts an irreverent eye on the struggles of army wives. In No Man’s War, writer and army wife Angela Ricketts writes about the responsibilities of being an officer’s wife and the difficulties she faced...
The National September 11 Memorial is a tribute to the nearly 3,000 people who died in the terror attacks of September 11. It is located at the World Trade Center site, where the Twin Towers once stood. The memorial was designed by American architect, Michael Arad,...
V-J Day in Times Square is a photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt that pictures an American sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on Victory over Japan Day, August 14, 1945. The photo is also known under the names V-Day and The Kiss. While photos of kissing service...
National Spirit of 45′ Day honors the men and women of the World War II generation. More than 75 years ago, on August 14, 1945, President Harry Truman announced the end of World War II. Life magazine described this day as “a hinge of history…the...
