Archive for the ‘On this day in history’ Category
On this day 73 years ago, French and American troops liberated Paris from Nazi occupation. Louise Dillery remembers; she was there. Louise was born in Paris on December 14, 1925 to Radjzla (“Rose”) Silberstein and Israël Gradstein, Jewish Polish immigrants who met in Paris. My mother was from Warsaw, and my father was from Lodz […]
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Tags: Israel Gradstein, Liberation of Paris, Louise Gradstein, Lycée Victor Hugo, Paris deportations, Paris occupation, Père Théomir Devaux, Radjzla Rose Silberstein, Renée Lévy, Shoah Paris
If you live in the U.S., you likely find yourself in one of the following states tonight: 1. tired of hearing about the eclipse, 2. dying to see your next eclipse, or 3. disappointed you missed the eclipse. I first learned of the now-infamous solar event on April 27, 2017 in the Palm Beach Post’s […]
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Tags: 2017 eclipse, Great American Eclipse, solar eclipse
One man’s journey to Hiroshima
Before visiting a new city Esteban and I usually read up on its history. But thanks to an overambitious itinerary, we knew little about Rouen when we arrived in September of 2015. Rouen was among Europe’s most prosperous and influential cities during the Middle Ages. Our first night was a blur (I’ll tell you about […]
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Tags: atomic bomb, Enola Gay, Hiroshima, Paul Tibbets, Rouen, Rouen bombing, World War II
How UNICEF sees refugees
Graphic created with images and posts compiled from UNICEF’s Twitter feed. All images copyright UNICEF. Read more about UNICEF’s work with refugees.
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Tags: refugee children, refugee crisis, refugee statistics, UNICEF
Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.
Image copyright Pete Souza / White House
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Tags: Martin Luther King Jr.
That’s how the light gets in
In memory of Leonard Cohen, 9/21/1934 – 11/10/2016
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Tags: Leonard Cohen
Remembering Douglas Albert Munro
Today is Memorial Day in the U.S. — a day to remember and honor those we’ve lost to the senseless tragedy that is war. Here’s one story, about a distant relative, I first published in 2014. May Doug and his sacrifice never be forgotten. On September 27 1942, Douglas Albert Munro sacrificed his life in […]
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Tags: Battle of Matanikau, Douglas Albert Munro, Douglas Munro, Guadalcanal, Medal of Honor
Looking back at 2015 — and ahead
I would love to hear your end-of-year reflections: 1. What was your greatest accomplishment? (Tell me so I can cheer for you!) 2. If you could do one thing over, what would it be? 3. What are you most looking forward to in 2016? I had to think hard when I read my friend Carolyn’s […]
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Tags: 2015, einstein, happy new year, new year resolutions, New year's day
My Christmas wish for you all
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Tags: Christmas, fontplay, night sky, Photography
Honoring the man who saved Paris
This post is dedicated to my friend Gilles Thomas, for his tireless devotion to preserving the work — and honoring the memory — of Charles-Axel Guillaumot. Suppose you’ve been hired to oversee a vast and vital railroad network. Now imagine that, on the very first day of your new job, one of the trains on […]
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Tags: Carrière Cochin, catacombes de Paris, cataphiles, Charles-Axel Guillaumot, Cochin quarry, Gilles Thomas, Graham Robb, La sauveur de Paris, Paris catacombs, rue d'Enfer
