MONTGOMERY, AL (AP).- A World War II-era letter mailed to a soldier’s sister at a Red Cross hospital is finally headed for its intended recipient. The letter was postmarked from Montgomery on Aug. 9, 1944, and addressed to a Miss R.T. Fletcher at an A…
Sotheby’s in New York to Offer Property from Palm Beach Private Collector in Dedicated Sale
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 29 March 2011, Sotheby’s will offer Imperial Chinese and Chinese porcelain and works of art and English and Continental furniture in the dedicated sale of Property of a Palm Beach Private Collector. The worldly collection was as…
Sotheby’s in New York to Offer Property from Palm Beach Private Collector in Dedicated Sale
NEW YORK, N.Y.- On 29 March 2011, Sotheby’s will offer Imperial Chinese and Chinese porcelain and works of art and English and Continental furniture in the dedicated sale of Property of a Palm Beach Private Collector. The worldly collection was as…
Irish Artist Jim Fitzpatrick Bids to Copyright Revolutionary Che Guevara Image
DUBLIN (REUTERS).- The Irish artist whose poster of Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara became one of the most reproduced images of the 20th century, said he has decided to copyright the image to block “crass commercial” use. Jim Fitzpatrick produ…
Forced Labor: The Germans, the Forced Laborers, and the War
BERLIN.- Over 20 million men, women, and children were taken to Germany and the occupied territories from all over Europe as “foreign workers,” prisoners of war, and concentration camp inmates to perform forced labor. By 1942, forced laborers were part…
Forced Labor: The Germans, the Forced Laborers, and the War
BERLIN.- Over 20 million men, women, and children were taken to Germany and the occupied territories from all over Europe as “foreign workers,” prisoners of war, and concentration camp inmates to perform forced labor. By 1942, forced laborers were part…
National World War II Museum Features Loyal Forces: Animals in WWII
NEW ORLEANS, LA.- Loyal Forces: Animals in WWII is an exhibit focused on the animals employed and encountered throughout World War II, from the Home Front to the Pacific. Life-size horses and mules, harnessed in authentic World War II saddles and equip…
Vietnam Memorial Statue of Three Soldiers Restored to Original Finish
WASHINGTON (AP).- A statue of three soldiers installed at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial after critics thought the V-shaped memorial wall was too abstract has been restored to its original finish in a six-week project completed Thursday. A private found…
Bosnia Turns Marshal Tito Nuclear Bunker into Art Gallery
KONJIC (AP).- It was built to withstand nuclear war, a secret bunker to shelter communist Yugoslavia’s strongman and his inside circle. Decades later, the massive underground complex is about to be reborn as one of the world’s quirkiest art galleries. …