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Tuskegee Airmen, veterans to be honored
Talk about a nice way to be honored. As part of Armed Forces Day, 10 Tuskegee Airmen along with veterans of wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan will be guests of honor at the Miami Yacht Club on Saturday. The Tuskegee Airmen were a small group of black...Tags: Human Interest, Armed Forces, U.S. Army, Tuskegee University
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PASSINGS: Dallas Willard, Jack Butler, Fredrick McKissack
Dallas Willard Influential Christian philosopher taught at USC for 47 years Dallas Willard, 77, an influential Christian philosopher who taught at USC for 47 years and chaired the philosophy department in the early 1980s, died Wednesday in Woodland...Tags: Pittsburgh Steelers, Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Obituaries, Champ Bailey
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Orlando Science Center monument to honor Tuskegee Airmen Red Tail pilots
More than 65 years after flying fighter planes over Europe, the Red Tail pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen will have a monument designed to honor their World War II exploits while inspiring kids to seek careers in aviation. "It's like a dream come true,"...
Tags: Museums, Human Interest, Air Transportation Industry, Titusville, Veterans Day
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Orlando Science Center: Tuskegee Airmen monument groundbreaking Tuesday
The Orlando Science Center is planning a monument-groundbreaking event that will honor Red Tail pilots of the Tuskegee Airmen at 2 p.m. Tuesday. Three Red Tail pilots from World War II are scheduled to be in attendance. Leo Gray, George Hardy and Hiram...
Tags: Robert Stuart, Buddy Dyer, Science and Technology, Orlando Science Center, Science
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Charles Perry 'Buck' Moore
Charles Perry “Buck” Moore, 90, of Fountain Hills died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, of natural causes at Hospice of the Valley Eckstein Center, Scottsdale, Ariz. Croxford Funeral Home, Great Falls, Mont., has been entrusted with arrangements....
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Dodgers plan series of activities for Jackie Robinson celebration
The anniversary is No. 66, which, although not particularly special numerically, feels more celebratory this year with the release of the film “42.” That would be “42,” the story of Jackie Robinson integrating baseball and...
Tags: Los Angeles Dodgers, Ted Lilly, San Diego Padres, Dodger Stadium, Sports
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UPDATE: Funeral arrangements made for Tuskegee Airman who lived in Salem
WDBJ7 Anchor/ReporterFuneral arrangements have been made for Lt. Dempsey Morgan. His funeral service will be held on Monday at noon at the Hamlar-Curtis Funeral Home at 1002 Moorman Road in Roanoke. ----------------------- The country and especially the Roanoke Valley...Tags: Black History
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Portion of freeway in San Diego dedicated to Tuskegee Airmen
L.A. NOWA three-mile stretch of Interstate 15 near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego was designated Friday as Tuskegee Airmen Highway to honor the African American pilots and air crew members who served in segregated units during World War...... -
Artist confronts opposition to same-sex marriage
It is not unusual to see art that tackles social and political issues, but there's still something startling about Jeffrey Kent's solo show "Preach!" at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park. The Baltimore artist zeros in on opposition by some...
Tags: Maritime (music group), World War II (1939-1945), Symbols and Symbolism, Rite Aid Corp., Slavery
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PASSINGS: Dyer Brainerd Holmes, T.S. Cook, Joel Schaeffer
Dyer Brainerd Holmes NASA manned space flight director Dyer Brainerd Holmes, 91, director of manned space flight for NASA when Americans were making their early forays into space in the early 1960s, died Friday at a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., of...Tags: Abusive Behavior, Michael Douglas, University of Iowa, Technology, Los Angeles Unified School District
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Fantasy of Flight: Tuskegee Airmen set for symposium
Theme Park Rangers - Orlando SentinelMembers of the famed Tuskegee Airmen are returning to Fantasy of Flight next month to kick off the attraction's Legends and Legacies symposium. “They Dared to Fly” sessions, tied to Black History Month, features Q&As with several of the...
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