Remembering D-Day
Today marks the 75th anniversary of “D-Day,” when Western Allied forces landed tens of thousands of troops along the Normandy coastline...
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Robert M. Edsel
Nov 11, 2018
Honor our veterans!
This Sunday, November 11, will mark the 100th anniversary of the end of The Great War, the “war to end all wars,” back when no one...
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Robert M. Edsel
Jun 6, 2015
Eight Years Honoring the Heroes!
Eight years ago, on the 63rd anniversary of the D-Day landings, I announced the formation of the Monuments Men Foundation for the...
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Robert M. Edsel
Jun 6, 2014
A D-Day View from Monuments Man James Rorimer
While tens of thousands of Allied troops were flooding the beaches of Normandy on D-Day (June 6, 1944), the Monuments Men were...
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Robert M. Edsel
Jan 15, 2014
70th Anniversary of the Bombing of Monte Cassino
On February 15, 1944, after weeks of demoralizing battle, 229 waves of Allied bombers dropped 493.5 tons of high explosives and...
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Robert M. Edsel
Dec 10, 2013
100th anniversary of the recovery of the Mona Lisa
It is the world’s most famous painting, and yet few people know that the Mona Lisa was once stolen. It was Monday, August 21, 1911, when...
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Robert M. Edsel
Jul 3, 2006
Who Paid for July 4th?
Tomorrow, across this great land, people will be enjoying the July 4th holiday. On the eve of those celebrations we would be well served...
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