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I attended an event 56 years ago, April 30, 1970, similar to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner April 25, 2026, marked by drama, however, not as shocking as the attempted assassination of the President. I was a guest at the 27th Annual White House News Photographers Awards dinner at the April 30, Annual 1970 White […]

Irreverence Invades Fernandina Beach On D-Day

June 6 was the 82nd anniversary of D-Day, when Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower authorized the landings at Normandy, France that resulted in the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany and brought the planet closer to the end of World War II.