World War Two PoemA poem about World War Two Featured Shared Story No Stories yet, You can be the first! Share your story! (0)The Horror © Querida Schooner Published by Family Friend Poems January 2008 with permission of the Author. The horror, The gas, the death. The taps, ...
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In fact, this happened to the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 during the Second World War. About 200 000 people died, including many children. That is why the cranes now come from there. The people of Japan do not want this sort of suffering and destruction ever to ha...
Step into a vast universe teeming with life, romance, heroism, and treachery as experienced and seen through the eyes of Gayle Zimmon. ‘Zim’, a young woman successful in war but naive to the machinations of the greater universe, returns from combat to confront genetically engineered humans a...
Although you have your pick of over a dozen ramen museums when you visit Japan, Shin-Yokohama sets the benchmark. Designed to transport visitors back in time to an outdoor food court in 1950’s Japan, the wooden building facades and red lanterns are post-war cool. Even better, they opera...
Put the "Memory" Back in Memorial Day Some teachers, concerned about students' ignorance of the origin and meaning of Memorial Day, have created programs that stress the importance of remembering and honoring U.S. war veterans on that day. Back-to-School Letters and Survival Kits Build Commu...
The Jewish population of Morocco has dwindled from 250,000 after World War II to about 900 today. The small but active remnant community has discovered that offering old cemeteries to HAF as tree nurseries actually helps to preserve the cemeteries as historical and memorial sites for diasporic ...
During World War II, American leaders proudly proclaimed this country the “arsenal of democracy,” supplying weapons and related materiel to allies like Great Britain and the Soviet Union. To cite just one example, I recall reading about Soviet armored units equipped with U.S. Sherman tanks, ...
Buglers and trumpet players across the United States will proudly perform their musical tributes to The Fallen by sounding “Taps” at cemeteries and War Memorials. This is the American equivalent of The“Last Post”and has been used by the United States Army since 1862. As with the Last Pos...
and euphoric.Sometimes that same breathlessness was a gut punch that knocked the wind out of us.Behind a chain link fence a world war two memorial of bronzed empty shoes were scattered on the river’s edge.Concert speakers lining the sidewalk for an event later that night played an ironically...