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Students Give Voice to Music Played at Auschwitz
Editor's Note: In 2018, a student orchestra at the University of Michigan's School of Music brought to life a rare manuscript that Patricia Hall,...
Wright “B” Flyer and The Wright Company Take Flight
Editor's Note: In 2022, I visited the Wright "B" Flyer Museum near Dayton, Ohio. I had read quite a bit on the Wright brothers...
London: Imperial War Museum Keeps History Alive
Editor's Note: In 2009 as I traveled to Normandy, France for the 65th anniversary of D-Day on June 6, our group stopped in London...
Hutchinson, Kansas Offers Out of This World Experiences
Editor's Note: In 2013, I was planning a trip to Hutchinson, Kansas to tour an underground working salt mine when I learned of another...
Pathfinder Pilot Recalls D-Day
Editor's Note: In May 2019 I traveled to Oxford, Connecticut for media day hosted by the D-Day Squadron as they prepared to depart to...
How Did Rosie Become ‘We Can Do It’ Rosie?
Editor's Note: Rosie the Riveter represents about six million women who went to work at factories for the first time during World War II....
2019: Statue of Liberty Museum Opens
Editor's Note: As soon as I learned the new Statue of Liberty museum would be opening on May 16, 2019, I made plans to...
Vietnam Women’s Memorial Tells Forgotten Story
Editor's Note: In 2018 I learned that the 25th anniversary of the dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial, located near The Wall on the...
Raoul Wallenberg’s Fate Remains a Mystery
Editor's Note: As a University of Michigan alum, I was particularly interested in learning about Raoul Wallenberg, Class of 1935, through Irene Hasenberg Butter,...
What is Propaganda?
Editor's Note: In 2014, I traveled to the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage near Cleveland, Ohio, to visit their exhibit, State of Deception: The...