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Monday, December 8th, 2008
Mr. Vice President [Henry A. Wallace], Mr. Speaker [Sam Rayburn], members of the Senate and the House of Representatives: yesterday, December 7th, 1941—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.
The United States ...
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Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Three more memories –
Ralph vividly remembers where he was – at the Oxford Movie Theater on Rising Sun Avenue in the Burkhome section of Philadelphia watching a double feature. It wasn’t until he went out onto the street that he heard what had happened. Everyone was talking about the attack. ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
Today I have only one memory of December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, to share. That is the memory my brother George Hewitt related to me the other night.
George was honored a few weeks ago as the recipient of the 2008 Spirit, Mind & Body award by the Eastern Delaware ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
There are 2 and only 2 primary sources for the events of autumn 1821 in Plymouth: Edward Wihslow writing in Mourt's Relations and William Bradford writing in Of Plymouth Plantation.
Edward Winslow
"Our harvest being gotten in, our government sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner ...
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Monday, November 24th, 2008
Norman, his brothers, and several friends decided to make a surprise trip to visit an uncle living in Baltimore, Maryland. They were living in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, their uncle was also making a surprise visit to Pennsylvania. With time on their hands, and very little money in their pockets, ...
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
More memories of Pearl Harbor Day
Rose recalls the attack was announced late on a Sunday afternoon. Her older siblings were not at home but she and her mother were listening to "The Shadow Knows" on the radio. Perhaps that’s the program that was on the radio at Jeanne’s friend’s house ...
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
More memories of December 7, 1941 - Pearl Harbor Day
Ann writes, "I remember well December 7, 1941. I was 15 years old living in Wilmington, Delaware. My mother, sister an aunt, and I were visiting friends. It was customary to visit friends and relatives on Sundays. While there, the phone ...
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