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Vicki McClure Davidson | December 14, 2011

  Last week was the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In Honolulu, Hawaii, 24 World War II veterans — 23 of whom survived the Pearl Harbor attack — were engaged in a solemn, rose-laying cemetery ceremony at some of the graves of their fallen comrades at the National Memorial Cemetery of the [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 5, 2011

  BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS. Today was the day that so many Americans, especially tea party participants and tea party supporters, have been waiting for: the results of the mid-term November election shellacking, brought about by grassroots efforts from engaged, patriotic, concerned people from every state across the country. American voters who are passionate about taking [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | February 3, 2010

Throw out the demons by throwing beans for good luck… I had no idea. Today is Japan’s annual bean-throwing festival to welcome in spring, Setsubun no hi. The video below of the festival is bizarre, with the crowd merrily throwing beans, but perhaps throwing bird seed at newly married couples following weddings in America (many [...]

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