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 With so many wars taking place, the world needs the gift of peace more than anything this holiday season. The world needs the peace of Christmas Eve. It has happened before.On Christmas Eve in 1814, thousands of American, British and Canadian...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 Thanksgiving brings families together and gives us wonderful memories. Turkey is on the menu in most homes that celebrate the holiday. But actually, the first Thanksgiving held by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag in 1621 likely had no turkey at all....

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 The start of the Revolutionary War is known as “the shot heard round the world.” Veterans Day, (Armistice Day) is known for the “silence heard round the world.”It was Nov. 11, 1918 at 11 a.m. when the guns finally went silent, ending the fighting of...

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Even amid the intense focus on the presidential election, we cannot forget the plight of starving children in Gaza and other war zones. We cannot let these children in need fall off the news radar. Sadly, they do all too often. As history reminds us,...

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 The night before Labor Day in 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave one of his famous “fireside chats” to the American people. Roosevelt told the nation on radio about the spirit of America’s farmers in facing difficult drought conditions.“No...

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 Recently, actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley and her son Huck traveled with CARE to see poverty-fighting projects in Honduras. As Williams-Paisley posted on Instagram, “We got to see what happens when we invest in women and climate resilience, and...

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 Right before the 4th of July in 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt praised Americans for lending a “neighborly and sympathetic hand” to those in need.In a letter published by newspapers around the nation, Roosevelt wrote about the National War...

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 When I was growing up in Andover, we had a nice neighbor known as Mr. Burke. He let us go through his backyard when we were setting up a basketball hoop.What I did not know about Mr. Burke until years later, long after we had moved away, was that he...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

 On Memorial Day we can honor the sacrifices of our soldiers and continue the quest for world peace.As President Dwight Eisenhower said of Memorial Day, “Let us reverently honor those who have fallen in war, and rededicate ourselves through prayer to...

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 In 1946, running legend Johnny Kelley, upon finishing second to Stylianos Kyriakides in the Boston Marathon, remarked “How can you beat a guy like that? He wasn’t running for himself. He was doing it for his country.”Stylianos Kyriakides was from...

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It was February 1946 when former President Herbert Hoover was contacted by President Harry Truman about an alarming crisis. World War II had been over for months, but there was one fierce enemy remaining: hunger.Food shortages were so bad in the...

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Congress can take action against hunger and poverty by bringing back the expanded child tax credit that was so successful in 2021. They can start by voting in favor of the bipartisan tax proposal put forward by Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

It was December 1947 and Captain Allan Smithies would not be home for Christmas. The Captain of the American Leader vessel was on a special mission playing the role of Santa Claus.As reported in the Hartford Courant, Smithies was guiding a ship of...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

It was Thanksgiving in 1963 when a group of 25 people in Plymouth, Massachusetts had an idea: Let’s skip Thanksgiving dinner. These men and women, in the town where America’s first Thanksgiving was held by the Pilgrims, decided to fast at Plymouth’s...

By WILLIAM LAMBERS

Imagine what Lt. A.J. Roemmick was thinking as he left the trenches in France to attack German troops on Nov. 11, 1918. World War I was still raging.As Roemmick entered the “no-man’s land” that separated the American forces from enemy German forces,...

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As Congress works on the new Farm Bill, lawmakers should remember that the simple school meal can make a big difference around the world. It always has.Just last week, the charity Mary’s Meals announced the restarting of school lunches in the Tigray...

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Major League Baseball has produced many classic, inspiring moments over the years, including the World Series. But one of its most noble efforts is not well known.It was during the Second World War, when Major League Baseball launched a plan to raise...

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On International Women’s Day (March 8) step back in time to London, England in the year 1919. At Trafalgar Square in Central London you will see a woman handing out flyers to whomever passes by.She wants to tell everyone about children starving to...

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On this Presidents Day let’s step back in time for a moment to President George Washington’s last message to the nation. It was 1796 when Washington gave his farewell address.Washington had one last request of the American people, to “Observe good...

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With the Doomsday Clock now 90 seconds to midnight, the closest to nuclear war ever, it’s clear diplomacy must be brought back into action to reduce the threat.The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists just made the annual Doomsday Clock announcement...

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in writing letters. Dr. King wrote frequently, including the famous Letter from Birmingham Jail in which he encouraged activism for human rights stating, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”Martin...