It is probably one of the best known photographs ever taken. A skinny young sailor sweeps a girl in a white uniform into his arms in Times Square and exuberantly kisses her. Alfred Eisenstaedt’s famous […]
There was an old joke making the rounds in England in those dark days of 1942, when it looked like nothing was going to be able to stop the advancing Nazi war machine. It involved […]
MORRISBURG – “We’ll meet again/Don’t know where, don’t know when/ But I know we’ll meet again/ Some sunny day.” For many who attended the outstanding Youth Opportunities in the Arts concerts held at St. James […]
MORRISBURG – There were no banner headlines in the The Leader. No bold declarations. No breathless descriptions. June 6, 1944. It was just another day in Morrisburg. Other than routine war bulletins (if any news […]
On June 5, 1944, Supreme Allied Commander Dwight D. Eisenhower, privately and quietly prepared two personal communiques. One communique announced a successful landing by the combined Allied forces on the coasts at Normandy, the establishment […]
MORRISBURG – The 100th anniversary of the end of World War I will take place this November 11, 2018. Morrisburg is home to a very special memorial, one dedicated to the memory of those who […]
One hundred years ago on November 11th, 1918, the guns fell silent along the crucial 245 mile Front. The “war to end all wars”, the Great War, was over. Some chose to call it a […]
It’s been tough to open a newspaper or turn to a news broadcast the last two weeks or so. Virulent racism, overt fascism and callous violence are rampant in the wake of Charlottesville, VA. Two […]
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