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Bob and Mary Adams, pictured on their wedding day in 1945. Bob turned 100 years old on Feb. 15, 2021. While in the Air Force, Bob sent his parachute back to his soon-to-be wife so that the new material nylon could be used in the making of her wedding dress.
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Bob Adams was a photographer in the Air Force before opening his own photography studion in Oxford, Chester County. Adams turned 100 years old on Feb. 15, 2021. He now lives in Quarryville.
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Bob and Mary Adams are seen dancing. Mary died in 2014. Bob turned 100 years old on Feb. 15, 2021.
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Bob Adams, left, is seen with his friend during thier time in the Air Force. Adams turned 100 years old on Feb. 15, 2021.
Presidents Day is among the most dubious of national holidays. Every president s legacy is a mixed bag, and with the benefit of hindsight, it s easy to argue that some of them have done more harm than good. The federal holiday is called Washington s Birthday (it s Presidents Day or some variant thereof in 22 states), and Illinois is one of six states to follow suit perhaps so no one gets off-message and throws a parade for genocidal maniac Andrew Jackson. Federal buildings, schools, and banks all close for the occasion, but I m pretty sure Americans mostly associate the holiday with furniture sales.
Kathleen Schatzberg
August 8th, 1974. I was in Nova Scotia with my husband and two big dogs. We sat in our Toyota Landcruiser, gazing out at the Bay of Fundy, tuned into Canadian radio for Richard Nixon’s announcement of his resignation from the presidency. We were jubilant!
The next day at the White House, Vice President Gerald Ford took his oath of office as President and in remarks afterward said, “My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over . Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws…. Here the people rule.”
These same words reverberated in my mind as I watched Joseph Biden take his oath of office last week. Indeed, for me the last four years have seemed at times to be one long national nightmare. Nearly every morning for four years, I turned on my radio to learn what new outrage, what new absurdity, what new lies, what new insults, what new corruption, what new alarming Tweets and twisted logic Mr. Trump had visited on the natio
This is the house where history will be made.
Vice President Kamala Harris will soon be residing on the grounds of the Naval Observatory in northwestern Washington, D.C., in a home occupied by several of her predecessors. Kamla Harris will reside at Number One Observatory Circle. (Saul Loeb/AFP Getty Images)
Harris, 56, will live in the 19th-century home with her husband, Doug Emhoff, 56, at Number One Observatory Circle. She’ll be the eighth vice president to reside in the Queen Anne-style home, which was made the official house of the sitting vice president in 1974, according to the White House’s official website.