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Remembering Flight 93: 21 Years Later
Remembering Flight 93: 21 Years Later

Hundreds gathered at the crash site of Flight 93 to honor the heroes who fought back on September 11, 2001.

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Politics, HistoryTommy LynchFlight 93 National MemorialPOTUS, President, President Biden, Biden, Tommy Lynch, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, First Lady Jill Biden, First Lady, FLOTUS, Jill Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, Flight 93, 9.11.2001, September 11th, September 11, USS Somerset, Olivia Pasquale, Stephen Clark, Superintendent of the National Parks, World Trade Center, Lower Manhattan, New York, Pentagon, United States Capitol, Washington DC, Ginny Barnett, Red Cross, Shanksville, Connie Hasenei, Patricia Cushing, Choir of the Church of Resurrection, September Morning, Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, United Airlines, Bonny Jacobs, First Family, First Responders, Association of Flight Attendants, Pilot, Flight AttendantComment
Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96
Queen Elizabeth II Dies at 96

Queen Elizabeth II peacefully passed away on Sept. 8th, 2022. She was described as having a strong sense of duty and was determined to dedicate her life to her throne and her people.

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Politics, Breaking News, History, RoyalsGeorgia SimonBalmoral CastleRoyals, DQEII, Georgia, Georgia Simon, Queen Elizabeth II, Balmoral Castle, Balmoral, United Kingdom, Princess Royal, Princess Anne, King Charles III, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor, London, England, Winston Churchill, King Edward VIII, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Andrew, Westminster Abbey, BBC, Australia, New Zealand, Duke of York, Sarah Ferguson, Mark Phillips, Windsor Castle, Princess Margaret, Queen Mother, Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, Queen Victoria, Jeffrey Epstein, Prince Harry, Buckingham Palace, covid, COVID, COVID-19Comment
White House Unveils Official Obama Portraits
White House Unveils Official Obama Portraits

Barack and Michelle Obama make their first joint return since 2017 to unveil their official portraits that will hang in the halls of the White House for centuries to come. This historic tradition holds great value in the White House dating back to 1965.

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Politics, Arts & Entertainment, HistoryTessa PelosoThe White HousePOTUS, President, President Biden, Biden, Barack and Michelle Obama, Obama, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, President Obama, White House Historical Association, WHHA, Pennsylvania Avenue, East Room, Marian Robinson, Obama Administration, Biden Administration, Presidential Portrait, Robert McCurdy, Sharon Sprung, First Lady, President Donald Trump, Paintings, Painting, Amy Sherald, Kehinde Wiley, Smithsonian, National Portrait Gallery, Chicago Tribune, Red Room, Entrance Hall, Grand Staircase, Center Hallway, Stewart D. McLaurin, First Lady Melania Trump, Emily BarkannComment
Truman and the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Intelligence and its Role in the Decision-Making Process
Truman and the Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki: Intelligence and its Role in the Decision-Making Process

Whether it was “right” or “wrong” of President Truman to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki is highly debated and has been debated since August 6th and 9th, 1945. The attacks were brutal and had long lasting effects on the Japanese, but President Truman maintained until the day he died that he had regrets about the decision.

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Politics, History, Education, OpinionEmily BarkannThe White HouseEmily Barkann, World War II, President Harry S. Truman, Harry Truman, Truman, President Truman, Japan, Quebec Agreement, Operation Downfall, Potsdam Declaration, US Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, President Roosevelt, Office of Strategic Services, General William J. Donovan, Lieutenant General Hoyt Vandenberg, National Security Act of 1947, Central Intelligence Group, California Alien Land Law of 1913, World War I, China, Pearl Harbor, NATO, Frederick Moore, Britain, Russia, Korean War, USSR, Soviet Union, Atomic Bomb, Cold War, Poland, Hiroshima, Nagasaki, New Mexico, Henry Stimson, European Theatre, Kyushu, Tokyo, Committee of the Manhattan Project, Manhattan Project, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Germany, Colonel John Stone, 509 Composite Group, Senator Richard Russell, Allied Powers, The GuardianComment