The Difference Between Armed Forces Day, Veterans Day and Memorial Day
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Front Back (detail) This portrait is a wonderful example of how family history is about putting all the pieces together. Elaine Clark submitted this picture because "it has been giving her fits." Almost forgotten, it once had a beautiful frame and, according to Elaine's elderly mother, hung...
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Gain intelligence on your military ancestors from this timeline of US conflicts.
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Arm yourself with these resources for enlistments, muster rolls, discharge papers and other military-service records.
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A long-closed, 200 year-old military post in New York Harbor becomes the city's newest national park
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