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Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII

Rosie the Riveters honored for service in WWII

The National World War Two Museum and the Gary Sinise Foundation celebrate the trailblazing women who worked in the American defense industry in the 1940s, and preserve their stories for future generations.
by Debbie Elliott

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Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers and others after outcry

Pentagon restores webpages of Black veterans, Navajo Code Talkers and others after outcry

A Pentagon official not authorized to speak publicly said its review to scrub websites of DEI content was too hasty and also used search terms like “gay,” leading to the flagging of Enola Gay images.
by Tom Bowman

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Last of the classified JFK assassination files to be released Tuesday

Last of the classified JFK assassination files to be released Tuesday

About 80,000 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy are expected to be released, but presidential historians don't expect any bombshell revelations.
by Scott Neuman

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Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92

Playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, dies at 92

The celebrated South African playwright was known for Blood Knot, The Road to Mecca and “Master Harold”...and the Boys. He said his job was to make “leaps out of my reality and into other realities.”
by Jeff Lunden

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How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood

How a canoe helped turn Hawaiian culture into a source of pride and even influenced Hollywood

Early crew members of the voyaging canoe Hokulea have gathered in Hawaii to celebrate the vessel's 50th birthday. The Hokulea and its crews proved Polynesians settled their islands by navigating the seas instead of accidentally drifting there on logs.
by The Associated Press

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