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Posts by Charleen Smith-Riedel
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Where War Correspondents and Clergy Converge: St Bride’s Church’s Ministry to JournalismFor centuries, this renowned church on Fleet Street, once home to nearly all newspaper publishing in London, has actively ministered to those working in the printing and media industries.
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“Stumbling Stones” in Europe: A Daughter’s Journey to the Smallest of Holocaust MemorialsPlaced on many streets in Germany since the 1990s, the Stolpersteine are components of a decentralized memorial to victims of the Holocaust.
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The German Toymakers of the ErzgebirgeThe villages of the Erzgebirge were first and foremost mining villages, until the mines went dry.
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His Storied Life: James Wiley, Tuskegee Airman and American War HeroWiley had been a member of the 99th Pursuit Squadron during World War II, the first black squadron to deploy overseas.
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Thanksgiving on the Western FrontMy Father’s Letters from World War IIMy mother saved 439 letters for each day they were separated, August 1944 through November 1945.
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A Graveyard ResurrectedThe Contrabands and Freedmen Cemetery in Alexandria, Virginia, was established during the Civil War, for interments of African Americans.
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