Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coins Act (Pub. L. 102–414) authorized the production of three coins, a clad half dollar, a silver dollar, and a gold half eagle. Congress authorized the coins to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United States’ involvement in World War II. The act allowed the coins to be struck in both ...
Disneyland marks 50th anniversary. The Happiest Homecoming on Earth or the Happiest Celebration on Earth was the eighteen-month-long celebration (May 5, 2005 through September 30, 2006) of the 50th anniversary of the Disneyland theme park, which opened on July 17, 1955. [1] It commemorated fifty years of Disney theme parks and celebrated ...
The idea for the World War II Heritage City program was originated by Wilbur D. Jones Jr., a retired United States Navy captain and military historian, in about 2008. [1] The designation was made law in an act sponsored by United States Senator Thom Tillis and United States Representative David Rouzer and signed by President of the United ...
Outline of World War II. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to World War II: World War II, or the Second World War was a global military conflict that was fought between September 1, 1939, and September 2, 1945. The war pitted two major military alliances against each other: the Allies of the United States ...
Earth Day 2020 is the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. [122] Celebrations included activities such as the Great Global CleanUp, Citizen Science, Advocacy, Education, and art. [123] [124] [125] The theme for Earth Day 2020 was "climate action". [126] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many of the planned activities were moved online. [127]
The World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument was a U.S. national monument honoring events, people, and sites of the Pacific Theater engagement of the United States during World War II. The monument was created on December 5, 2008, through a proclamation issued by President George W. Bush under the authority of the Antiquities Act of ...
"The Good War": An Oral History of World War II (1984) is an oral history of World War II compiled by Studs Terkel. The work received the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction . "The Good War" consists of a series of interviews with various men and women from across the globe who directly experienced the events leading up to, including ...
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, the Slater Area Historical Association's exhibit includes memorabilia, photos, uniforms, news clippings and, perhaps most importantly, the ...