Weekly History Wrap Up: 08/26/11
August 26, 2011
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So glad it’s Friday, and time for the Weekly History Wrap Up.
A former prison camp, Camp Lawton, Georgia, is providing archeologists with a steady stream of Civil War artifacts.
A 5,000-square-foot visitors’ center has been approved to be built in northeast Oklahoma, at the site of the Battle of Honey Springs during the Civil War.
Markelo, Holland is busy planning a 70th Anniversary Memorial for crew members of three Allied bombers that crashed near the town.
A Mowata World War II Memorial marks the extraordinary sacrifices of this small Louisiana community’s heroes.
Another survivor of the Bataan Death March, 105-year-old Albert Brown, has sadly passed away in Southern Illinois.
And lastly, amid growing tensions in the regions, Vietnam and the Philippines added new ships to their naval fleets.
Til Monday, have a historical weekend.