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Article by Social Share COOLIDGE – A well-worn cliché that has become too commonplace with West Indies over the past two decades seemed quite appropriate after they suffered another inexplicable batting collapse in the second Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka in Antigua. Windies will simply have to return to the drawing board and come up with a different plan, after the Sri Lankans bamboozled their batsmen with a trio of leg-spinners to draw level 1-1 in the three-match series. Chasing 161 for victory, the Caribbean side’s batsmen failed to adapt to the slow and turning natu...

Important Central Florida sites in women’s history Sites to visit on a tank of gas important to women’s history in Central Florida Updated:  Tags:  This Women’s History Month, there are a number of stops on the Florida Women’s Heritage Trail right here in Central Florida you can visit to learn more about the contributions ladies have made to history right here in the Sunshine State. All you need is some time and a tank of gas to do it. BREVARD , Tebeau-Field Library, 435 Brevard Avenue, Cocoa, FL 32922 (321) 690-1971 In 1927, Jeanette Thurber Conner of New Smyrna Beach organized the...

Unidentified Member of the Richmond HowitzersThe Richmond Howitzer Company of the 1st Regiment of Volunteers was founded on November 9, 1859, by George Wythe Randolph, a grandson of Thomas Jefferson, a U.S. Navy veteran, and a Richmond lawyer. After electing Randolph its first captain, the company, which was recruited from elite Richmond circles, marched to Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), to help provide security during Brown’s trial and subsequent execution. Curious out-of-towners had flooded into Jefferson County, taxing the authorities’ ability to keep order. In addition,...

On February 23, 1945, during the battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines raised a flag atop Mount Suribachi. It was taken down, and a second flag was raised. Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal captured this second flag-raising. Now part of U.S. Navy records, it is one of the most famous war photographs in U.S. history. US Marines raise a second flag atop Mount Suribachi on Iwo Jima, February 23, 1945. (Image: National Archives and Records Administration, WC 1221.) 23 February Marines Raise the United States flag on Mt. Suribach February 23, 2021

Oak Ridge Today Posted at Steven Turner Colonel Steven Turner, an Oak Ridge resident, became the 15th commander of the 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment in Tennessee on Sunday. The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR) is one of two “heavy” ACRs. It is also known as the “Tennessee Cavalry,” and it is the only ACR in the Army National Guard. It is one of five armored brigade combat teams, and it has more than 4,000 soldiers. Subordinate units are located in three different states and throughout Tennessee. It has headquarters in Knoxville. A change of command ceremony was held at West Hig...