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Origins of the 'Special Relationship' were decidedly one-sided... and not in favour of UK
Britain desperately needed help and Roosevelt wanted to offer it, but the US was isolationist and anti-colonial so it came at ...
Remembering the fall of Saigon from the families who fled and the veterans who will never forget
Sacramento's Vietnamese community mourns the fall of Saigon and the land they once called home. Vietnam veterans remember a war that took them away from their families, only to return physically and ...
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US Defeat in Vietnam Was the Right Outcome for an Unjust War
The US invasion of Vietnam was a catastrophe for the Vietnamese people, resulting in millions of deaths. Fifty years ago ...
Thousands rally in Burkina Faso in support of military junta, following alleged coup attempt
Thousands of people rallied in Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou on Wednesday in support of the military junta after an ...
Orlando’s Vietnamese community began 50 years ago, after Saigon fell
Today is the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon, which marked the end of the Vietnam War and pushed many Vietnamese to ...
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See the Colorful Flags That the Patriots Unfurled as They Fought in the American Revolution
At the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, a new exhibition has gathered together 17 historic flags that ...
Why U.S. Flags Are at Half-Staff
United States President Donald Trump and the White House issued a proclamation declaring that all American flags should be ...