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 In this Saturday, April 1, 1972, file photo, Daniel Ellsberg, chief defendant in the Pentagon Papers case, addresses a crowd at the State Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa. following an anti-war parade that ended at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy)
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Vietnam was my first war

This story is part of a WHYY series examining how the United States, four decades later, is st ...

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Route 18 in New Brunswick. (Image: Shaun Baines/NOAA)
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18 years ago today, Tropical Storm Floyd dumped excessive rainfall, spurring record flooding

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 In this Jan. 1, 1966, file photo, a paratrooper of the 173rd U.S. Airborne brigade crouches with women and children in a muddy canal as intense Viet Cong sniper fire temporarily pins down his unit near Bao Trai in Vietnam. (AP Photo/Horst Faas, file)
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‘It’s hard to take pride in a war that, by any definition, we lost’

“The Vietnam War” heaps ineptness upon ignorance upon immorality by policymakers and the military brass — all gui ...

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 Terry Williamson, president of the Philadelphia Vietnam War Veterans Memorial Fund. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Architect of Philadelphia’s Vietnam memorial talks about why he served and why he protested

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8 years ago

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Sculpture marks Delaware company’s escape from 87th floor on 9/11 [video]

A company that had offices in the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001, reveals a sculpture at its Delaware headquarters in honor of 9/11 ...

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‘Blood smells the same,’ but for Vietnam nurses, the war never ends

It’s been more than 40 years since the Vietnam War ended. But for the combat nurses who served there, the de ...

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U.S. history teacher Tom English inside his classroom at George School in Bucks County. (Avi Wolfman-Arent/WHYY)
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‘It’s complicated’: U.S. history teachers still grapple with Vietnam War

Later this month, WHYY-TV will air Ken Burns and Lynn Novicks’ 10-part documentary on the Vietnam War. American forces withdrew ...

8 years ago

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Delaware man honors Vietnam veterans with oral history project

A Delaware filmmaker and veteran who’s been on and off the battlefield is working on a series of projects to preserve the voices of ...

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A view of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway from the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel. (Katie Colaneri/WHYY, file)
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Celebrating a century of Philly’s iconic Parkway — and looking down the road

Fourteen months of commemorative events along the Ben Franklin Parkway are underway to mark the thoroughfare’s 100th anniversary. ...

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Photos give a new way to permanently honor Vietnam veterans in Washington, D.C.

A group is collecting photos of all veterans killed in Vietnam as part of a new education center to be built on the National Mall. ...

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 Serial killer H. H. Holmes is depicted in an 1895 photo beside the skull exhumed from his grave at Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon. (Wikimedia Commons and Penn Museum)
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Penn scientists dig up evidence to settle questions about H.H. Holmes — first American serial killer

The museum of the University of Pennsylvania has been investigating the remains of America’s first serial killer. In May, anthropol ...

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A long-dead Pa. governor’s trip across town: Stolen Beaver bust recovered in FDR Park

The stolen bronze bust of a Civil War-era military commander was discovered Friday morning, abandoned beneath an Interstate 95 ...

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Kenney says he’s listening to all sides on whether Rizzo statue should go

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said he’s listening to all sides on whether the statue of former mayor Frank Rizzo should be moved or ...

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Revolution museum teaches how fife and drums were tools of war

The sounds of the fife and drum filled the air outside of the Museum of the American Revolution Saturday with standards like “Yank ...

8 years ago

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A star-studded trip to witness the 1973 eclipse

Retired Pennsylvania science teacher Stephen Berr made plans two years ago to witness this year’s solar eclipse in Driggs, Idaho. ...

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