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Welcome to Iwo Jima Day!
During the bloody Battle for Iwo Jima, U.S. Marines from the 3rd Platoon, E Company, 2nd Battalion, 28th Regiment of the 5th Division take the crest of Mount Suribachi, the island’s highest peak and most strategic position, and raise the U.S. flag. Marine photographer Louis Lowery was with them and recorded the event. American soldiers 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 still photographer and a motion-picture cameraman.
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Bucky Gleason: WNY contingent again paves way for Joe Morris as Syracuse retires No. 47 (buffalonews.com; Gleason)
One day after Syracuse scored a major upset over second-ranked Clemson in October, John Lally was taking a tour of his alma mater when it struck him. There were reminders everywhere he looked of immortalized football players who had worn No. 44 for the Orange.
Ernie Davis wore 44 when Syracuse won the national championship in 1959 and two years later when he became the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy. Jim Brown wore 44 before him, as did Floyd Little after him. Forty-four years after Davis' final season, the number was officially retired.
No. 44 had become a regional symbol of greatness, so important that the university switched the prefix to its telephone numbers to 443 and its ZIP code to 13244.
Lally, an offensive lineman from Clarence who played for the Orange in the late 1970s and early '80s, was well-versed in the history behind the number. For years, it bothered him that a player who wore No. 47 was never given the same respect despite owning nearly every meaningful school rushing record.
Where was the love for Joe Morris?
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Presidents Day 2018: What's open, closed Monday? Banks, stores, mail, more (PS; AP)
Presidents’ Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February.
It was originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington
Traditionally its was celebrated on February 22 — Washington’s actual day of birth. In 1971, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved to the third Monday of the month as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for workers.
Above: Mount Rushmore features four presidents (from left to right) carved out of a granite rock face in the Black Hills of South Dakota: George Washington, the nation's first president, serving 1787 - 1797: Thomas Jefferson, nation's third president, serving 1801 - 1809; Theodore Roosevelt, nation's 26th president, serving 1901 - 1909; and Abraham Lincoln, nation's 16th president, serving 1861 - 1865.
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