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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 2014
Page
4
A reflective patriotic piece contrasts a dangerous world with prospering and disgraced lives. It affirms fighting for loved ones, family, and a future to grow, highlighting devotion to social health and protection of those held dear.
A poem letters to the editor asserts American values including freedom, faith, press fairness, and self reliance. It proclaims readiness to defend liberty against threats and to aid suffering nations, signing as Marion Wehmeyer of Baytown.
Mr Hart’s letter about Purple Heart plates describes two options. The regular Purple Heart plate can be paired with a placard via the tax office or the owner can switch to the Purple Heart disabled veteran version. Charles McMorrow.
A poem celebrating soldiers and duty opens with a rider on a lonely hill facing battle. It honors courage, shared sacrifice, and defense of home, urging support for a memorial art gallery fundraiser. The piece ends with a plea for funding and community accountability.
Our view urges honoring all veterans for their patriotism and sacrifice. It notes Armistice Day origins in 1919, the 11th hour ceremony, and the evolution from Armistice Day to Veterans Day after World War II, highlighting freedom as the core value veterans defend.
On this date in history: 1928 Walt Disney’s first sound animated cartoon Steamboat Willie premiered in New York. 1959 Ben Hur world premiere in New York. 1963 Bell System introduced first touch tone phones in Pennsylvania. 1966 bishops lifted meatless Fridays outside Lent. 1978 Jonestown killings. 1987 Iran-Contra final report cites Reagan responsibility. 1999 Texas A&M bonfire collapse deaths. 2014 Maven Mars mission launched. Thought for Today by a Vietnamese proverb on giving.
Malcolm Murray recounts the life of Dr I B Holley Jr a famed Duke professor and military historian who retired at 92 after 64 years at Duke and died in 2013. The piece covers his education at Amherst Yale and Duke his World War II service and postwar career. It notes his teaching awards and influential projects like Books for Baghdad and The Highway Revolution 1895 1925. He mentored many dissertations and earned the Legion of Merit before retiring as a major general from the Air Force Reserves.
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