The Changing Of The Guard- Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier-Arlington National Cemetery- 4.26.13
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Category Archives: Vietnam War
My Name On The Vietnam Veterans Memorial In Washington D.C.
A few years ago while on the yearly trip with my 8th graders to Washington D.C. we were walking along the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and one of my students […]
Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young “Ohio”
44 years ago today was the Kent State Massacre. Neil Young wrote this protest song after seeing the photo of the incident in Life Magazine. The song went to #14 […]
Kent State Massacre- This Day 1970
“Tin soldiers and Nixon’s comin’ we’re finally on our own, this summer i hear the callin’ four dead in Ohio.”-Neil Young On this day in 1970 students at Kent State […]
“Burst Of Joy” Pulitzer Prize Winning Photograph Taken This Day 1973
On this day 40 years ago Associated Press photographer Sal Veder took a picture that would win the Pulitzer Prize. It is called “Burst of Joy.” It was taken at Travis […]
Senator Eugene McCarthy Shocks POTUS Lyndon Johnson In New Hampshire Primary -This Day 1968
Anti-war candidate Eugene McCarthy of Wisconsin shocked POTUS Lyndon Johnson in the New Hampshire primary-on this day in 1968. President Johnson won with 48% of the vote but McCarthy did […]
