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Saturday, August 8, 2020
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White Sands National Park, New Mexico
New Mexico's White Sands National Park is the newest
of all 62 parks, only just officially recognized in December 2019.
The sprawling area is the world's largest gypsum dune field (gypsum is a common
rock material that reflects light, giving the dunes their dazzling look) formed
close to 10,000 years ago.
A trip to the last century!
1946: Juan Domingo Perón becomes president of
Argentina
In 1946, former
military general Juan Domingo Perón was elected president of Argentina, winning
56% of the popular vote. The year before, Perón had married actress Eva Duarte
(who would come to be known as "Evita”). Perón and his wife went on to form
trade unions, universalize social security, and make education free before his ouster in 1955. In this image from the Buenos Aires Historical Archive, Perón,
Evita, and Buenos Aires’ provincial governor, Domingo Mercante, read the
newspaper on the day of the election.
Friday, August 7, 2020
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Yosemite National Park, California
One of the country's most popular national
parks, Yosemite contains alpine
meadows, five of the world's highest waterfalls, giant sequoia groves, and the
spectacular, half-mile-deep Yosemite Valley. And all that beauty didn't happen
overnight—glacial erosion over millions of years birthed the spectacular park
you see today.
A trip to the last century!
1945: V-J Day in Times Square
On Aug. 14,
1945, Japan surrendered to the Allied forces, marking the end of World War II. As news of the surrender
spread, Americans poured into the streets to celebrate. Photographer Alfred
Eisenstaedt snapped the iconic image of a sailor kissing a woman in Times Square, which first
ran in Life magazine and instantly became of the world’s most recognizable
photos. In this photo, we see the same kiss from a different angle, as
photographed by U.S. Navy Lieut. Victor Jorgensen.
Thursday, August 6, 2020
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Skagit Valley, Washington
You think tulips, you think Holland, right? But
these beautiful spring flowers can be found
closer to home: Washington's Skagit Valley has sprawling fields of tulips much
like Lisse's Keukenhof (the largest bulb garden in the world), half an hour
from Amsterdam. Each April in
Washington there is also a festival offering guided bike tours and photo
contests.
A trip to the last century!
1944: Liberation of Paris
On Aug. 25, 1944,
the French 2nd Armored Division and the U.S. 4th Infantry Division liberated
Paris from Nazi rule after four years of German occupation. Just before the
city was liberated, Adolf Hitler ordered Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz to destroy the
city’s landmarks, and burn the city down. The German commander
refused to carry out the order. This photo, taken by Jack Downey, shows crowds
lining the Champs-Élysées as Allied tanks pass through the Arc de Triomphe.
Wednesday, August 5, 2020
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Shoshone Falls, Idaho
Dubbed the “Niagara Falls of the West,” Idaho’s
terraced Shoshone Falls drop 212 feet along the Snake River. If you’re planning
to visit, aim for the spring or summer when water levels are typically their highest.
A trip to the last century!
1943: Warsaw Ghetto uprising
After Germany
invaded Poland in 1939, more than 400,000 Jews were rounded up and placed in a 1-square-mile area of the city. By 1943,
after witnessing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of Jews and the
murders of countless others, the remaining ghetto residents staged an uprising.
This photo was captured during the revolt as part of SS General Jürgen Stroop’s
daily report to Heinrich Himmler, the Third Reich’s second-most powerful
leader.
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia
With more than 500 miles of hiking trails, Shenandoah National Park is
a massive retreat just an hour and fifteen minutes away from D.C. in the Blue Ridge
Mountains. Besides hiking, you can do almost anything in the park—fishing,
horseback riding, camping, and bird watching are all top of mind.
A trip to the last century!
1942: Internment
Two months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which allowed the U.S. military to create areas "from which any or all persons may be excluded.” The move prompted the internment of more than 127,000 Japanese American citizens. In this haunting photo by American photojournalist Dorothea Lange, a Japanese American family awaits re-location to a camp
Monday, August 3, 2020
Sunday, August 2, 2020
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Sequoia National Park,
California
This central-Californian park is
home to some 8,000 colossal sequoia trees—the gentle giants of the tree world. “General Sherman,”
a tree named for the Civil-War general, is the hero of these treasured acres:
It stands 275 feet tall and 25 feet wide, making it the largest known
single-stem tree on the planet.
A trip to the century
1941: Destroyer explodes
On
Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor, killing 2,335 military servicemen
and 68 civilians. The World War II event, which
President Roosevelt declared "a date which will live in infamy,” changed American attitudes about
the war. The American destroyer USS Shaw
is under attack in this photo from Getty Images.