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Did you know that one of the most significant military proclamations was crafted seventy-two years ago today? If it had been accepted our history, the story of atomic energy, and Japan’s fate would have been very different. I am talking about the Potsdam Declaration that outlined the Japanese terms of surrender in World War II. It was definitely not the path that the Imperial Japanese military wanted to follow. Instead, they choose to keep fighting.

You think security is tight at the airport these days? Well, it is even more so at the Archives in Washington, DC, but not because someone is trying to hijack the place. The National Archives and Records Administration is “the guardian of our nation’s institutional memory.” Thus every precaution is taken so that three centuries of irreplaceable materials will remain safe and secure.

Yesterday was our nation’s birthday, and I hope you celebrated it in a big way! Did you have a cookout with the traditional summer fare–hamburgers, hot dogs, ribs and all the tasty side dishes of corn, cold slaw, and baked beans? But did you top it off with a gigantic birthday cake sporting a vast array of red, white, and blue candles? Most likely you spent time with your friends and family enjoying some type of food gathering, but I doubt if you had a cake with 200 plus candles. Not until I did some quick math, did I realize […]

I am always on the lookout for WWII resources of any kind…books, personal stories, news articles, music and unusual memorabilia. What’s interesting and exciting is that I keep finding things in the most unlikely places. Take for example my current find, The Unbreakable Code, a children’s book written by Sara Hoagland Hunter and beautifully illustrated by Julie Miner. Would you believe I found it at a garage sale in Phoenix? It was the last place we stopped on the way home, and it was challenging to get there on the rough, narrow desert road. But after parking the car, I […]