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On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, hear the APM documentary 'Days of Infamy'

On Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, hear the APM documentary 'Days of Infamy'

Monday is Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. Within the living memory of Americans are two deadly surprise attacks against the United States: Japan's assault on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Both times, the Library of Congress sent people out to record the voices of ordinary Americans as they reacted to a changed world.

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ChangeMakers: Adrienne Benjamin, a master jingle dress maker, artist and activist

ChangeMakers: Adrienne Benjamin, a master jingle dress maker, artist and activist

Adrienne Benjamin is a master jingle dress maker living on the Mille Lacs Reservation. She is also a jingle dress dancer, inspired by her great-grandmother Hannah. Guided by her mentors, teachers, counselors and grandad, Benjamin is working to help transform the lives of the next generation of Minnesotans.
by Kathryn Styer Martinez

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Veterans Day in 2020: Quiet parades, somber virtual events

Veterans Day in 2020: Quiet parades, somber virtual events

The U.S. is celebrating this Veterans Day with virtual gatherings and spectator-free parades. Many of the traditional ceremonies have been canceled this year because of the surging coronavirus that has killed thousands of veterans. Several of the nation’s veterans homes are fighting new outbreaks and are barring visitors.
by The Associated Press

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Rare Ojibwe woven mats relocated from Isle Royale to Grand Portage

Rare Ojibwe woven mats relocated from Isle Royale to Grand Portage

Last month, Isle Royale National Park transported five, 100-year-old hand-woven mats, made of cedar bark and sweetgrass, across Lake Superior to the Grand Portage reservation, where they will be displayed at Grand Portage National Monument. 
by Dan Kraker

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'Creepy Doll Contest' returns for Halloween at Minnesota museum

'Creepy Doll Contest' returns for Halloween at Minnesota museum

Nothing screams Halloween quite like the faded faces and piercing eyes of antique dolls. That's the idea behind the "Creepy Doll Contest" at the History Center of Olmsted County in Rochester, now back for its second year after gaining widespread attention in 2019.
by Faye Williams

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NPR's Tom Gjelten on America's immigration story

NPR's Tom Gjelten on America's immigration story

NPR reporter Tom Gjelten speaks about America’s immigration history, as part of the Peace and Justice Series hosted by the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth.

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