This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Though soldiers walked the mat from the beginning, it wasn't until 1937 that male soldiers began a 24/7 presence at the memorial. This past week, history was made when an all-Woman changing of the guard occurred. The Guard is
If you’re looking for something to smile about, watch this 3-minute news piece from WMTV Channel 15 in Madison, Wisconsin, on our own 13-year-old Henry Schoepke. If you’ve joined us online over the past year or so, you’ve no doubt met Henry, who loves listening to veterans’ stories and collecting WWII veterans’
Two Sundays ago, during a game against the visiting Raiders, the Pittsburgh Steelers honored WWII Navy veteran Julia Parsons on the field for her working decoding Enigma messages in the North Atlantic. Watch the tribute video to Julia screened at Heinz Field before the 3rd Quarter. CBS sideline reporter Aditi Kinkhabwala
Thank you to Navy veteran Chris Pirollo for telling us about the San Diego Web Cam, which is really a collection of webcam views that capture the comings and goings of Navy ships in San Diego Bay. You can choose from several vantages and watch live, or select a recorded playlist of Navy
by Todd DePastino (Smithsonian) The most famous stuffed pigeon in history has one leg, one eye and resides at the Smithsonian Institution, an artifact of the famous “Lost Battalion” saga that took place 103 years ago this week. On October 2, 1918, 554 men of the 77th Infantry Division found themselves trapped
The answer is yes, though what we call a “vaccine” didn’t exist in 1777. Instead, people protected themselves from the deadly smallpox virus by inhaling crushed smallpox scabs (gross!) or having their skin scraped with someone else’s smallpox pus (grosser!). The practice was controversial, as you can imagine, but in 1777, rising
