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07 Apr Prelude to Invasion: National D-Day Memorial Event

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Hello All,I hope you all had a relaxing and beautiful Easter Weekend! Spring is finally upon us; the weather is steadily getting warmer, the vegetation is blooming, warm days are here to stay! Activity is buzzing around the Memorial now that we have moved...

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31 Mar Eleanor Roosevelt: Passionate Spirit, Tenacious Ambition

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Hello All,Today marks the last day of Women’s History Month for the year 2015. To celebrate the end of a most enjoyable month, let’s discover more about one of the most influential woman of the 1940s, Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Not only was...

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26 Mar Hanna Reitsch: German Avaitrix and Test Pilot

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Hello All, Hanna ReitschTo continue with Women’s History Month, I would like to introduce you to Hanna Reitsch, an accomplished German aviatrix and Nazi test pilot during World War II. She was the only female to be awarded the Iron Cross First Class and the...

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24 Mar Winter Lecture Series: Night Witches of the Soviet Union

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Hello everyone, Join us at the Bedford Area Welcome Center on Thursday, March 26, 2015 at noon for the final winter lunchbox lecture of the season.  This week we will be looking at the 588th Night Bomber Regiment of the Soviet Union.  Nicknamed the Night...

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19 Mar The Untold Story: Women in the Italian Resistance, WWII

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Hello All,Members of the Italian ResistanceToday, it is hard to imagine the Fascist and Nazi regimes of Italy and Germany were able to captivate such a large population as they did before and during World War II. It is much easier for us to believe...

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17 Mar Unrecognized Honor: Irish Involvement in World War II

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Hello All,Southern IrelandHappy St. Patrick’s Day! What a beautiful day to celebrate our Irish heritage and ancestry, or even if you are not of Irish decent, a lovely day to pretend you’re Irish because, let’s face it, everyone wants to be Irish!As you may...

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12 Mar Noor Khan: Spy Princess

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 Hello All,Noor's service portraitContinuing with Women’s History Month, I would like to introduce you to Noor-un-Nisa Inayat Khan, born January 2, 1914, St. Petersburg, who became an Allied Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent during World War II. Her dedication and skill as the first...

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10 Mar Reba Whittle: First Female POW in World War II

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Hello All, March is upon us and you know what that means? Women’s History Month, of course! All too often women are the unsung heroes in many aspects of life, especially during major, life altering conflicts. World War II put women in a position to...

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03 Mar Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cinnamon Cookies

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Hello All,Winter Storm RemusHope you are all enjoying the reprieve from snow we are experiencing. Steady temperatures in the 50s next week? I was almost convinced it might never come again.  But alas, we have made it through to March and spring is on the...

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24 Feb Band of Marauders

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Hello All,Please join us this Thursday (2/26) for the second installment of our Lunchbox Lecture Series with President April Cheek-Messier. Explore the extraordinary life of Eugene Bullard, the first African-American pilot and spy in World War I. The lecture will be held at the Bedford...

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