Tag: Never Forget
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Holocaust Remembrance Day and the evils of humanity
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It was on this day 75 years ago, Auschwitz Concentration Camp was liberated. More than 1 million people lost their lives at Auschwitz while millions more perished in the hundreds of other concentration camps run by the Nazis. But tragically, on a day set apart to remember those who…
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Feels like yesterday: 9/11 through the years
There aren’t very many days in your life where you know at the time that life is never going to be the same. Everyone knew that on 9/11. 18 years. Today is the only day ever where everyone who was born on or before September 11, 2001 is legally an adult and everyone who was…
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Jon Stewart rips into congress. Shows some issues still transcend party lines
In a testimony that has gone viral this week, comedian Jon Stewart blasted the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday for the absence of many members regarding a hearing for the continuation of a fund for 9/11 first responders. In the testimony, Stewart points out that many 9/11 first responders (who are not ailing from 9/11…
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Memorial Day and the importance of remembering
American Revolution – 25,000 War of 1812 – 15,000 Civil War – 364,511 World War I – 116,516 World War II – 405,399 Korean War – 36,516 Vietnam – 58,209 Afghanistan and Iraq – 6,713 To the hundreds of thousands of men and women who gave their lives in the service and defense of America,…
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Shattered peace: 80th anniversary of Nazi’s “Night of Broken Glass”
Throughout Germany and Austria, riots broke out on this night 80 years ago in a night which is infamously referred to as Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, after the destruction done to Jewish businesses and properties. At least 91 Jewish people were killed; 30,000 men were arrested; hundreds of businesses were damaged or destroyed.…
Josh Benner 