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Upper Burrell teen to display Holocaust education project at Tri-City Historical Society
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (508+ words) When Burrell High School senior Lily Sassani wanted to bring light to little-known stories about Girl Scouts" role in society during the Holocaust, she turned to history books. After two years of research, writing and interviews, she shaped her findings…...
Bethel Park teacher continues deep delve into Holocaust education
1+ week, 4+ day ago (711+ words) Among them is Terez'n, a small Czech Republic town about 50 miles north of the capital city, Prague, and once was home to the Theresienstadt Ghetto, a Nazi transit hub for deporting Jewish people to concentration camps and killing centers. "That…...
Local teachers benefit from Seton Hill program on Holocaust, genocide education
3+ week, 6+ day ago (655+ words) For Leticia Fournier, the religious affiliation of Christ the Divine Teacher School in Latrobe makes education on the Holocaust even more important. Fournier has taught the school's Holocaust studies course for eight years. First launched in 2004, the class was a…...
Letter to the editor: Look to Churchill for wisdom
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (329+ words) In 1941, in the heat of the Second World War, Winston Churchill visited the United States and spoke before Congress. I've watched this speech many times to great effect. It's like something out of Shakespeare. After the worst week in American…...
Recovery group marks 70th anniversary of ditching of B-25 bomber in Mon River
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (621+ words) It's been 70 years since a B-25 bomber ran out of fuel, splashed down on the Monongahela River near today's Homestead Grays Bridge and was never seen again. A group fascinated by the story, and not giving up hope that the plane…...
‘His stories live on through us now’ as Battle of the Bulge solider dies
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (687+ words) Joseph Folino was the last of a generation. Folino, of Jeannette, died Thursday at age 103. He is believed to among the last surviving veterans who fought in Battle of the Bulge, the last German offensive during World War II. "He came…...
Joseph Sabino Mistick: Remember Jan. 6 — the unvarnished truth
2+ mon, 2+ day ago (382+ words) When the Class of 1942 graduated from Braddock High School, each student was given a handful of calling cards that included the student's name and the words "Remember Pearl Harbor" printed across the bottom. These high school graduates were living in…...
Letter to the editor: Remember Battle of the Bulge heroes
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (247+ words) There is a Pennsylvania National Guard unit located at 372 Donohue Road east of Greensburg. At the entrance is a large wooden sign simply stating, "BATTLE OF BULGE MEMORIAL CHAPTER 14." Below it is a red insignia shaped as a keystone with…...
WWII Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (485+ words) World War II Navy veteran Ira "Ike" Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105. With his passing, there remain only about a dozen survivors of the surprise attack,…...
Identification of WWII airman Sidney Burke's remains was ‘82 years in the making,’ nephew says
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (604+ words) For almost all of Paul Hankin's life, the circumstances surrounding the death of his uncle, Sidney Burke, who was killed while serving in World War II, were a mystery. "We thought we would never find out what had happened," said…...