Have a history teacher explain this if they can. Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives …
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A TRUE AMERICAN WAR HERO
You're a 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965, LZ X-ray, Vietnam. Your infantry unit is outnumbered 8-1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200 yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the MediVac helicopters to stop coming in.
A TRUE Story about Todd Beamer's final moments on Flight 93
-- Author unknown
"I don't think we're going to get out of this thing. I'm going to have to go out on faith."
Jesse Owens breaks records, debunks Aryan superiority.
-- By BRUCE LOWITT
The 1936 Berlin Olympics were to be Adolf Hitler's stage to validate Aryan superiority, the Nazis' belief in a master race. In three races and one long jump, American Jesse Owens, as much as anyone, laid waste that philosophy.
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Inspire 21 Inspiring Words for the 21st Century