Archive for May 23rd, 2024

WHOSE THE CLOWN?

NY gov. calls Trump supporters ‘clowns’ as thousands flock to massive rally in her own state

NY gov. calls Trump supporters ‘clowns’ as thousands flock
to massive rally in her own state
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FIRST BLACK TO RECEIVE MEDAL OF HONOR

Sgt. William Carney: The First African American to Receive the Medal of Honor - Owlcation
William Harvey Carney (1840 – 1908)

Recognized for heroically protecting the American flag during
the
Civil War, Army Sgt. William Harvey Carney received the
Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, on
May 23, 1900.

The first Black American service member to earn the award,
Carney was born into slavery in Virginia in 1840. Although a
handful of other Black service members had already received
the medal, Carney’s award celebrated an earlier action. He
was one of many Civil War-era honorees to be granted the
medal decades later.

Random Thoughts on History: Sgt. William Carney, Medal of Honor, July 18, 1863

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FAMOUS COUPLE KILLED ON THIS DAY

I colourised this photo of Bonnie and Clyde from the early 1930’s : r/vintage    
    
    
    
On May 23, 1934, notorious bandits and serial murderers Bonnie
Parker
and Clyde Barrow were shot to death by Texas and
Louisiana state police near Sailes, Louisiana.

  

 

Here's the True Story of How Bonnie and Clyde Died | Pulse Nigeria

The True Story of Bonnie and Clyde's Deaths in Their Car in 1934

Colorized Photo of Bonnie and Clyde death car minutes after ambush (x-post from ...

 Bonnie and Clydes house: Bonnie and Clyde death photos   

The Story of Bonnie and Clyde by Bonnie Parker

 
   
 Death car on display in the Bonnie & Clyde Ambush Museum
in Gibsland, La.
  

Actual photos of the ambush aftermath are also presented at the museum along with one of Clyde’s Remington shotguns, a tire
Clyde stole and gave to an old man who kept it as a souvenir;
Bonnie’s red hat, some glass from the death car windshield,
and replicas of Bonnie and Clyde’s tombstones in a simulated
graveyard. There’s also a large mural that fills one wall recreating
the moment of the ambush.

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