By Todd DePastino Last night, Ben Wright, Larry Woods, and I all walked out of the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh together after our 70th Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement Commemoration event. As we filed from the elevator through the first-floor Great Hall, we passed a much-treasured artifact from World War II:
Written by Todd DePastino When a city's motto is Resurgam--Latin for "I shall rise again"--you can guess it's seen tough times. That is true for Portland, Maine, perhaps the hippest town in New England. But the city's trendy restaurants, art galleries, and improbable number of craft breweries mask a dark military history that has
Written by Todd DePastino It was hardly a speech. The 674 spoken words were more like "remarks." But what remarks they were. On June 26, 1963, President John F. Kennedy stood before a crowd of 120,000 West Berliners on Rudolph Wilde Platz and, in the German language, declared himself citizen of that partitioned city.
Written by Todd DePastino The Berlin Air Lift of 1948-1949 owed its enormous success not only to the skill, determination, and courage of its air crews but also to good old American hoopla that publicized it. The Cold War, among other things, was a battle of messaging, as the United States and the Soviet
Written by Brad Washabaugh VBC Board Member and retired Marine Corps Colonel Brad Washabaugh recently sent us a 30-question US flag etiquette trivia quiz that he crafted for his family gathering on Memorial Day. In honor of Flag Day, we post a version of the quiz here in three parts. Part 3 is below.
Written by Brad Washabaugh VBC Board Member and retired Marine Corps Colonel Brad Washabaugh recently a 30-question US flag etiquette trivia quiz that he crafted for his family gathering on Memorial Day. In honor of Flag Day, we post a version of the quiz here in three parts. Part 2 is below. Part 1
