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Oseola McCarty a cleaning lady who from working all her life accumulated great savings, donated to the University of Southern Mississippi $150,000 for a student scholarship program. “I want to help somebody’s child go to college,” “I’m giving it away so that the children won’t have to work so hard, like I did.” ~
Nixon Presidential Library recreates White House gala for 200 Vietnam POWs to mark the 40th anniversary of their release
John McCain, recently released after 5 years in Hanoi Hilton, meets Pres. Nixon in 1973. On May 24 of that year, Nixon had a huge White House gala to celebrate the homecoming of the POWs.
Robert Todd Lincoln, the only child of Abraham Lincoln to live to adulthood. This was taken in 1922 at the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Robert was at Abraham Lincoln's bedside at his death. Robert Lincoln was also at the Sixth Street Train Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881, and witnessed the assassination of President James Garfield. At the time Lincoln was serving as Garfield's Secretary of War.
Memorial Day - Decoration Day or Whatever You Want To Call It
Memorial Day was started by former slaves on May 1, 1865 in Charleston, South Carolina to honor 257 dead Union soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. They worked for two weeks digging up the bodies and giving them proper burials in gratitude for their sacrifice for their freedom. Afterward, they held a parade of 10,000 people led by 2,800 black children singing, dancing, and celebrating.
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