Tag: World War I

Study War No More

On this day in 1917, the United States declared war on the German Empire. World War I had already been raging for nearly three years and the Americans were hesitant to become involved in what was already a bloody, muddy, mess of death. Millions had already died. But before WWI it was not in the …

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Seize the Monday

I am big. It’s the pictures that got small. Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard American actress and producer, Gloria Swanson, was born on this day in 1899 (died 1983). We wrote about her as one of the People We Love on this day back in 2013. I’ve seen the movie Sunset Boulevard. …

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