Recent Memorial Pages by Clio, 121-133

• Kodak Picture Company

  George Eastman introduced the “Kodak No. 1” camera in 1888. Kodak, known for simplicity, convenience, and realistic prices, essentially created the…

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  Updated 24 Jan 2009 - 4,963 views

  Contributions 10 images, 1 comment, 2 stories

• Ellis Island

  Ellis Island opened on January 1, 1892, and for the next sixty-two years, it was the gateway to America. More than twelve million immigrants arrived, were…

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  Created 06 Jan 2009 - 3,397 views

  Contributions 18 images, 2 stories

• A History of American Immigration

  The individuals that make up the term “Americans” come from various backgrounds of ethnicities and race. Beginning with Jamestown and later the…

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  Updated 06 Jan 2009 - 8,609 views

  Contributions 29 images, 1 comment, 4 stories

• Wright Brothers Fly Plane at Kitty Hawk, NC

  Orville and Wilbur Wright took their flying machine to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, early one morning in December. Counting on the weather to assist in…

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  Updated 11 Dec 2008 - 17,982 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• Watergate Scandal & Investigation

  Watergate became the scandal that overshadowed the early seventies and resulted in the first-ever Presidential resignation. Resulting from the…

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  Updated 10 Dec 2008 - 20,189 views

  Contributions 14 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• U.S. President John F. Kennedy Assassinated

  Ask any American who was alive on November 22, 1963, what they remember of the day President Kennedy was shot and they’ll have a story to tell. It was…

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  Updated 09 Dec 2008 - 47,319 views

  Contributions 6 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• Brown vs. Board of Education

  After the Supreme Court ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the doctrine of “separate but equal” applied to all segregated facilities throughout…

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  Updated 09 Dec 2008 - 67,375 views

  Contributions 14 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• The Russian Revolution (1917)

  The rising death tolls of World War I disillusioned many Russian citizens, and the country’s political and economic turmoil, aggravated by the poor…

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  Updated 09 Dec 2008 - 32,448 views

  Contributions 9 images, 2 comments, 1 story

• The Yalta Conference

  When the Yalta Conference convened in February 1945, the world watched the Grand Alliance in anticipation, hoping for a new world of peace. Churchill,…

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  Updated 02 Dec 2008 - 5,903 views

  Contributions 7 images, 1 story

• Battle of Britain

  Before the Battle of Britain, no country had succeeded in stopping the Nazi army. The Germans sped through France in two weeks and looked across the…

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  Updated 02 Dec 2008 - 7,047 views

  Contributions 9 images, 1 comment, 1 story

• Annie G. Fox

  Annie G. Fox was the first woman to be awarded the Purple Heart for her service during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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  Created 28 Nov 2008 - 8,512 views

  Contributions 1 image, 1 story

• John J. Pinder, Jr.

  Medal of Honor recipient for his service during the invasion of Normandy.

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  Updated 26 Nov 2008 - 2,839 views

  Contributions 4 images, 1 story

• Julia Beth Johnson Peterson

  Known to her friends as Julie, was the owner of Julie's Draperies in Lindon, Utah.

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  Created 09 Sep 2008 - 202 views