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American Inventions: The Television
Still, he became involved in legal disputes with a powerful company at the time known as RCA.
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American Inventions: The Television
Philo won the disputes but faced many business and financial difficulties in his life.
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American Inventions: The Television
He also developed early radar, invented the first electronic microscope, and worked on developing peaceful uses of atomic energy.
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American Inventions: The Television
Philo Farnsworth died in March of 1971. He is considered one of the most important inventors of the 20th century.
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American vs. British English - Vowel Sounds - Pronunciation differences
In this American English pronunciation video we're going to go over some of the differences
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Memorial Day is a national holiday observed in the United States on the last Monday in May.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
This year, Memorial Day falls on May 27.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
It is a day when Americans honor the men and women who have died fighting in America’s wars.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
For most Americans, it also marks the unofficial start of summer. It is a popular weekend for vacationing.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
It is the most famous burial place in America.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
The tradition began on May 30th, 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers in the cemetery.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
It was called Decoration Day back then.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Since 1948, on the Thursday before Memorial Day, soldiers from the 3rd US Infantry, The Old Guard, have placed small American flags in front of
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
every headstone in the cemetery. Lines of simple white headstones mark the soldiers' graves.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
But the 80-hectare cemetery also serves as a burial place for people of national and historical importance.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Two presidents are buried there: William Howard Taft and John F. Kennedy.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Other well-known people buried at the cemetery include world champion boxer Joe Louis, North Pole explorer Robert E.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Peary and the seven astronauts who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Nearly 4,000 former slaves are also buried at Arlington National Cemetery. One of them is James Parks.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
He dug the first graves in the cemetery.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
In 1980, a group of former soldiers announced a competition to design a memorial.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
The winner was Maya Lin, a 21-year-old student at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Lin designed a memorial formed by two walls of black stone about 76 meters long. The walls meet to form a V.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
The names of more than 58,000 Americans killed or declared missing-in-action are cut into the stone.
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Americans Observe Memorial Day
Almost any time of day, you can see people looking for the name of a family member or friend who died in the war.
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