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From Oak Ridge to Hiroshima: One family’s memories of the Atomic Age

Brenda Valdivia

Posted on August 6, 2025 · It started in secrecy and ended with a mushroom cloud. The daughter of Manhattan Project technician shares what it meant to be raised in the long shadow of the Manhattan Project.

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The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a Forever stamp honoring President George H.W. Bush, who passed away in Houston on November 30, 2018.

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Postage Stamp Honoring Bush 41 Will Be Released In College Station

Alvaro 'Al' Ortiz

Posted on May 24, 2019 · The U.S. Postal Service is issuing a Forever stamp honoring the former President, who passed away in Houston in November.

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Tanks parade past President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, during a Bastille Day parade on the Champs Elysees avenue in Paris on July 14, 2017.

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Trump Wants Pentagon To Stage Military Parade Down Pennsylvania Avenue

Scott Neuman, NPR / TAMARA KEITH, NPR

Posted on February 7, 2018 · The president has directed the Pentagon to look into a parade, possibly to take place on Veterans Day. He was apparently inspired by the Bastille Day parade he saw last summer during a trip to Paris

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Former President George W. Bush speaks at a forum in New York, where he criticized the kind of politics that gave rise to Trump.
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George W. Bush Slams ‘Bigotry,’ Politics Of Populism That Led To Trump, Sanders

Domenico Montanaro, NPR

Posted on October 19, 2017 · The former president made the remarks at a forum put on by his namesake center. "To renew our country, we only need to remember our values," the 43rd president said

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