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stanley quencher nd of World War II, and first-hand accounts are becoming rare. Anna Werner shares the story of one man who is truly a part of our living history.While taking a tour of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, you re advised to look up -- to a B-17 bomber, so deadly and effective it served in every theater of the war.There s lots to see and hear in this museum of more than 10,000 artifacts and installations, all reflecting the simple fact that WWII was BIG -- the largest armed conflict in human history.And with all the stuff, it would be easy to miss him, Sitting quietly, just to the right as you enter the exhibit hall. But that would be a shame. Mr. Tom Blakey was in the 82nd Airborne. On June 6, 1944, he jumped out of that big plane, around midnight, during the Normandy invasion. He ll tell you all about his experiences World War II veteran Tom Blakey, with Anna Werner, at the National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
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Disney and other Hollywood sanitizers have convinced everybody that fairies are benevolent wish-granters, or maybe environmental champions. But in actual folklore Fairies are terrifying. They ;re more into baby-stealing and murder than pixie dust. Here are 10 terrifying things fairies could do to you. Fairies, or the Good People from the legends of Ireland, Scotland and Englan
kubki stanley d, are usually depicted as capricious at best, and downright wicked at worst. While probably most cultures have tales of earth spirits with uneasy relationship to humans, the Celtic fairies have done a lot to inform the modern popular interpretation of what a fairy is and looks like. Part of this is due to the collection of fairy lore as a serious anthropological pursuit in the 1880s by noted scholars and poets like W.B. Yeats and the gorgeous and romantic Pre-Raphaelite art movement that illustrated the tales. Sensibly superstitious people sought to avoid the notice and ire of the fairies. The terms Good People or Fair Folk were used to placate a temperamental neighbor 鈥?and as an accurate description of their general nature. With good reason 鈥?get on the bad side of a fairy, and they would mess you up. Here are some examples of
stanley website their less friendly behavior: Giving your soul to the devil According to the ballad of Tam Lin, the Fairy Queen pays a tithe to Hell every seve
stanley termoska n years. The fairies kidnap mortals, like Tam Lin, to pay their due on Halloween. It is from this fate that Janet m
