Today is the 50th anniversary of the death of General MacArthur. Video shows his funeral train at Washington Union Station.
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/general-macarthur-lying-in-state/query/macarthur+new+york+1964
Come on "Gade".....Dig These Blues:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeoVhIdPpwQ
One of my favorite Dean Martin arrangements....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgyN9WciV30
This looks pretty interesting:
http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/movies/20140425__Railway_Man__looks_at_horrors_of_Burma_Railroad.html
My deleted thread was a computer memory transfer of the summary story on the Jerusalem Post website about the 99th anniversary of the USA Naval Reserve, complete with the Naval Reservfe Seal. I found it interesting that the JP would believe its readers highly interested in this story. I did not include anything else that is not available on Wikepedia, however.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDB-coIYtFI
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/aboutfdr/pdfs/royal_itinerary.pdf
In honor of the 70th Anniversary of D-Day:
https://archive.org/details/NBCCompleteBroadcastDDay
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27726722
The Lone Bellow performing Button:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMv9sWhg5mE
This is Jackson by the CCD. I think Johnny Cash wrote this song and made it famous:
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=3995795407249
In honor of the first day of summer.
All together now:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOV96BCAvZc
Mrs. Roosevelt wishes to extend to all of us a very happy Independence Day.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmF2Cpd26tY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7Yhptax06I
Wow....I remember when that happened.
Thirty Five years ago.......I had just graduated college.
Song of the week:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2kdwS5PEU8
I like this better than the Sammy Kay version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8nGrDarRJQ
And here is a version by the Andrews Sisters:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzekTSu4thg
Train-themed comedy classic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PRk2PZO9Oc
It is not fair to ask of others what you are not willing to do yourself.
--Eleanor Roosevelt
75th anniversary of the invasion of Poland.
http://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/myday/displaydoc.cfm?_y=1939&_f=md055361
https://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1939/1939-09-01_CBS_Adolf_Hitler_Announces_War_With_Poland.mp3
https://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1939/1939-09-01_BBC_Alvar_Liddell_Reports_The_Invasion_Of_Poland.mp3
https://archive.org/download/WWII_News_1939/1939-09-01_FDR_Speaks_On_US_Neutrality.mp3
https://ia600401.us.archive.org/11/items/WWII_News_1939/1939-09-01_PPR_Radio_Warsaw_Reports_On_German_Invasion.mp3
https://ia700401.us.archive.org/11/items/WWII_News_1939/1939-09-01_Polish_Ambassador_To_US_On_War_With_Germany.mp3
http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52800258/?terms
http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52639478/?terms
http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52639876/?terms
http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52640147/?terms
http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52640847/?terms
Eleanor Roosevelt - The Arc of Her Journey. An intimate review of Eleanor's journey reveals the stories of a broken childhood to living a life that dared to challenge injustice and shake the status quo of society. For visionary people who ask, "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?" Eleanor's story challenges us on how to answer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S5XMEnsKjo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zk9HAPecw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEfqVisNzjE
https://ia700300.us.archive.org/13/items/WWII_News_1944/440917_BBC_John_Snagge_Invasion_of_Holland.mp3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnBo1SUMkIg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CemPbq74osE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD6C1PT9uvI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hliN-uYnbQs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OeZJGtptG8
And now for something completely different:
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/10/03/5217519/live-crabs-cause-us-airways-flight.html#.VC8cF010w2w
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