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Corrie ten Boom. She & her family hid persecuted Jews in Nazi Holland during WWII, for which they were imprisoned, tortured & Corrie's family killed. Corrie endured solitary confinement in prison & 10 months of cruelty while interned, yet always prayed for the hearts of her captors. She was released from Ravensbruck concentration camp on New Year’s Eve 1944 & later learned it was due to a clerical error. The women in her age group were sent to their deaths 1 week after her discharge.
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Great blog. There will be tears.
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Laurie Dickson Thank-you for sharing this... Homecomings first as a little girl then as a military wife... powerful stuff!
octobermoon Thank you - I am so proud of our vets and their families!
facing chemotherapy with mendhi - strength and beauty
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Rebekah W What an incredibly powerful image
octobermoon I thought so too. I have always liked the tattoos that are done over mastectomy scars - this I had not seen before.
"I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is probably so low on the list that it is irrelevant." Paul Newman
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This 11 min. video is wonderful! - Caine's Arcade by Nirvan Mullick. A 9 year old boy - who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad's used auto part store - is about to have the best day of his life.
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“This kid had lost his dad in the crowd, and freaked out until he saw the Flash and Wonder Woman. He went up to the Flash to ask for help, because he knows him.”... #whyiloveheroes
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alice paul, suffragette and social activist 1885 – 1977
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This WWI era patriotic postcard features the flags of the United States, England and France. It is entitled "A Comfort Kit" and is a religious invocation of protection for "our boys" sent off to war.
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Bye Bye Iraq, I got my Daddy back!
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A deployed daddy watching his baby being born.
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I wish I knew the story behind this photo. UPDATE: Someone so kindly shared a link: sexualityinart.wo...
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Sierra Beery The woman's husband died during war. She asked to spend one last night with him. I believe the computer had something to do with her playing their song....
Ashley Leckey @kim you are right, I read the story behind this i believe on yahoo and that was right. She wanted to spend her last night with her husband. Very touching story, look it up!
Shayla Christine The night before the burial of her husband 2nd Lt. James Cathey of the United States Marine Corps, killed in Iraq, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of “Cat”, and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. “I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it” she said. “I think that’s what he would have wanted”
octobermoon Thank you for the link to the story. The photos with the article are just as powerful as the one I pinned.
Sharon Cason Yes, they are. Part of what impresses me too is that the Marine Corps send someone to be with you through the whole process, in this case Major Beck.
Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, 1961. Joan, a 19 year old Freedom Rider, was sentenced to two months in prison for her involvement in the integration of a Jackson, Mississippi bound train. She served more than the required two months because each addition day reduced her 200 dollar fine by 3.00 dollars. In the Fall of 1961, Joan transferred from Duke University to historically black Tougaloo Southern Christian College because she felt integration should be a two way street. Today Joan is a retired teaching assistant living in Virginia and mother to five sons. After the 2008 election she brought her Obama pin to the grave of Medgar Evers.
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Fetching pins…
Sharon Johnson They made a movie of her life also. :o)
octobermoon This is the first I had heard of her.
octobermoon And YAY...I just started getting "comments" notifications again after about two weeks of not receiving them. If people made comments I did not know unless they were on fresh pins. I guess I will just stumble on the others as I visit my boards. : (