Veterans’ Groups Object to Trump’s Proposal to Rename Veterans Day

In a social media post, President Trump said he wanted to celebrate victories in the World Wars. But most living veterans would be left out.

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Trump Says He Is Renaming Veterans Day as ‘Victory Day for World War I’

The president said he would also label May 8, known as V-E Day for Victory in Europe, as “Victory Day for World War II,” and vowed to celebrate America’s military wins.

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Odile de Vasselot, Teenage Aristocrat in the French Resistance, Dies at 103

During World War II, she deceived her watchful mother so she could take part in dangerous missions. Later, she founded a girls’ school in Ivory Coast.

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The Six Triple Eight: Black, Female Soldiers Honored for World War II Success

The women were sent to Europe to clear a backlog of 17 million pieces of mail waiting to be sent to U.S. troops.

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Government Notices to Migrants Fall Short of Due Process, Legal Experts Say

Venezuelan migrants were given English-only notices with limited time to file court challenges, according to a newly unsealed declaration.

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Amsterdam’s Mayor Apologizes for City’s Role in the Holocaust

The city “horribly abandoned its Jewish residents,” more than 60,000 of whom were deported and killed during World War II, Mayor Femke Halsema said on Thursday.

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How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government

For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until President Trump decided it wasn’t.

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A History Tour, With Lessons for the Future

I wanted to write a story about the changing perceptions of the United States among Europeans. I didn’t know that I would find an example as pointed as Henri Mignon.

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Irmgard Furchner, Secretary at a Hub of Nazi Atrocities, Dies at 99

Her work for the commandant of a concentration camp in German-occupied Poland led to her conviction as an accessory to more than 10,000 murders.

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The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write

For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?

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