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- April 25, 2019, is World Malaria Day
- Did you fly your flag for Easter?
- Remembering Paul Revere’s ride on April 18, 1775 — an exercise in poetry, history, and prognostication
- Something broke in America this week
- Annals of global warming: Rio Tinto urges mining companies to act on Paris Accord
- April 4, 1841: William Henry Harrison became first President to die in office
- April 2019: When do we fly our flags?
- Happy birthday John Tyler (b. March 29, 1790)
- Disasters in U.S. schools: March 18, 1937, New London, Texas, gas explosion
- March 16, 1751, James Madison born
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- Nate White's stunning answer to the question: Why do many British people not like Donald Trump?
- Who said it? 'Better to die on your feet, than live on your knees'
- Gun nuts twisting the words of President Kennedy
- 28 poems on living life to the fullest, today
- "Only the dead have seen the end of war." Who said that?
- When do we fly the U.S. flag? Flag fly dates
- Based on a true story -- except, not Texas. Not a chainsaw. Not a massacre.
- Quote of the moment: John F. Kennedy, "We choose to go to the Moon"
- Sourcing Thomas Jefferson quotes: "A country with no border . . ."
- Lincoln quote sourced: Calf's tail, not dog's tail
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