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Daily Archives: May 21, 2009
Cindy Trigg votes to increase length of student drug testing
Cindy Trigg, a member of the Douglas County School Board, joined in a unanimous vote of the school board to implement a full calendar-year drug testing program rather than a seasonal one. The change in the policy is venturing into … Continue reading
Cheney defends torture policy
Former vice-President Dick Cheney, today, dismissed critics who said the policy amounted to the torture of suspected terrorists, Cheney said the methods were “legal, essential, justified, successful and the right thing to do.” He claims President Obama has weakened the … Continue reading
Using Twitter to Communicate with Washington
Twitter is an effective means of communicating with Washington politicians, news organization, even C-Span. [Huffington Post] It will even work to increase the ability of communicating with the Nye County Democratic Central Committee. All they need to do is sign … Continue reading
WWI African American Draft Cards
Suzette A. asked “Why did they cut off the ends of World War I [draft registration] cards for African Americans?” The reason for this lies in the fact that during World War I (and World War II), troops were segregated … Continue reading
WW II Battlefield Maps
Sharon W. asked “Can we get maps of the battles that our Dads fought and maybe brief descriptions for the battles?” The National Archives has extensive collections of battlefield maps from World War II. Call the National Archives at 866-272-6272 … Continue reading
WW II Military Service Records
YolyB. wrote about an uncle that is believed to have been an aide-de-camp to General Patton during World War II and asked whether her uncle’s service record would be helpful in providing information about this. The National Archives has just … Continue reading
Military War Medals
On Ancestry.com Ron F. asked “How can you find out about medals … earned during the wars?” As we talked about during the webinar, soldiers and sailors who served in the various wars have service files and those service files … Continue reading
Olbermann’s Special Comment on Cheney
Olbermann\’s Special Comment on Dick Cheney Here is the transcript text of Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on former Vice-President Dick Cheney’s speech today. I haven’t been successful in putting up the video: Finally tonight, as promised, a Special Comment about … Continue reading →