Historic America in Israel: Aaron's Travel Journal PART 4

A few months ago my wife Molly & I took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Israel as part of an amazing journey with the Israel Collective. These are my journal entries over the course of the trip. Today’s post is the fourth installment. More to come!

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Historic America in Israel: Aaron's Travel Journal PART 3

A few months ago my wife Molly & I took a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Israel as part of an amazing journey with the Israel Collective. These are my journal entries over the course of the trip. Today’s post is the third installment. More to come!

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Cocktails and Campaigns: JFK and Jackie’s Whirlwind Romance

Today’s Historic America Journal entry is the second of our two-part series on presidential love stories in preparation for our limited-run Presidential Sweethearts Tour. If these true tales capture your imagination, you’re in luck! A ticket for our Presidential Sweethearts Tour is the perfect Valentine's Day gift for the history nerd in your life. More information about the tour can be found on our website or our Eventbrite page. In our final piece for this series, we journey back in time to visit John F. Kennedy and Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis.

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Dolley and James: Opposites Attract

Today’s Historic America Journal entry is the first of a two-part series on presidential love stories in preparation for our limited-run Presidential Sweethearts Tour. If these true tales capture your imagination, you’re in luck! A ticket for our Presidential Sweethearts Tour is the perfect Valentine's Day gift for the history nerd in your life. More information about the tour can be found on our website or our Eventbrite page. This week, we journey back in time to visit Dolley & James Madison.

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A Once-In-A-Century Event: Laying Flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

This marks the first time in almost a century that the general public has been allowed to walk on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza and pay their respects on ground that is typically reserved for the sentinels alone. Naturally, the Historic America team seized the opportunity.

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Book Review: The Indifferent Stars Above

The Donner Party story is synonymous with the idea of the American pioneer and infamous because of the tales of cannibalism that surround the tragedy. However, Daniel James Brown’s The Indifferent Stars Above goes beyond historical stereotypes and salacious details to tell the Donner Party’s story that is truly raw and capitvating.

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Breaking Down the Marine Corps War Memorial

The image of United States Marines raising the American flag over the battlefield of Iwo Jima during the height of the Second World War is easily among the most iconic in American memory. In fact, this harrowing silhouette is the at the core of the Marine Corps War Memorial — a monument dedicated to all U.S. Marines that sits just outside the District of Columbia.

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Luck of a Kennedy: The Assassination of RFK

A mere five years after President John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, his younger brother Robert F. Kennedy would meet the same fate. Not only did RFK’s death occur during a year of unprecedented violence, but it drastically altered the trajectory of American politics.

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Flag Festival at Philadelphia's Betsy Ross House - Don't Miss Out

All this week, our friends at Philadelphia’s historic Betsy Ross House are bringing back their popular Flag Festival (Sunday, June 13 through Saturday, June 19). If you’re planning on being in Philadelphia this week (or perhaps you’re there already) give them a visit!

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Remembering D-Day: The Eagles of Mercy

On the early hours of June 6, 1944, two American combat medics stumbled upon a medieval church in the small French village of Angoville-au-Plain. As the Allied Invasion of Western Europe raged around them, these two men of the 101st Airborne Division, Robert E. Wright and Kenneth J. Moore, converted the church into an aid station and saved numerous lives.

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