SANDY KOZEL

Hitler (seated second from left) poses with members of his
first cabinet in the chancellery.

February 23, 1945: During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S.
Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th
Regiment of the 5th Division took the crest of Mount Suribachi,
the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raised
the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them
and recorded the event.

Americans fighting for control of Suribachi’s slopes cheered the
raising of the flag, and several hours later more Marines headed
up to the crest with a larger flag. Joe Rosenthal, a photographer
with the Associated Press, met them along the way and recorded
the raising of the second flag along with a Marine  photographer
and a motion-picture cameraman.

Louis R. Lowery
(July 24, 1916 – April 15, 1987)

ROSS SIMPSON

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)

Washington was soldier, statesman, and Founding Father who
served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to
1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of
the Continental Army, George Washington led the Patriot forces
to victory in the American Revolutionary War. 

The Seven Years’ War, a global conflict known in America as the
French and Indian War, ends with the signing of the Treaty of
Paris by France, Great Britain and Spain (below).

TIM MAGUIRE

Author Alice Malsenior Tallulah-Kate Walker is 78 today.