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For many people today, June 6th may seem like just another day of the year, as the events of our history distance themselves by generations.
For the citizens of Normandy, France, however, it's a day that will live on in the past and the present forever. Jon Pruett has more. Sound bites from Raymond Fary, WWII Veteran, 80th Airborne AA Battalion, Dominique J. Vanhaeren, WWII Reenactor, Normandy Memory Club.
Credit: Sgt. Jonathon Pruett, DVIDSHUB.
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For the Romanov family at the Ipatiev House, Tuesday, 16 July, in Ekaterinburg was much like any other day, punctuated by the same frugal meals, brief periods of recreation in the garden, reading, and games of cards. Read on: bit.ly/2MNuhzH
Henry VIII had 200 people employed in his kitchens at Hampton Court Palace: cooks, scullery maids, stewards, carvers, porters, bakers, butchers, gardeners, butlers, and delivery men—it would take just one of those people to slip a little something into his food. Read on: bit.ly/2t9FCC4
