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Moores Creek ceremonies mark significant battle in American Revolutionary War
On February 27, 1776, North Carolina Patriots turned back the charging troops loyal to England’s King George. With the Loyalists in retreat, the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge is considered by ...
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George V
The greatest challenge of George V's reign came with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914. The King and Queen worked tirelessly throughout, and when the war had ended the King supported ...
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Bloody Friday - Battle of George Square
partly to help create jobs for soldiers returning from the war. Figure caption, People fighting in the Battle of George Square In January 1919, at a meeting of shop stewards in the shipbuilding ...
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Last surviving RAF fighter ace from the Battle of Britain dies at 105
March 18 (UPI) --The last surviving Royal Air Force fighter pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain in 1940 ... to London to be awarded his DFC by King George VI at Buckingham Palace after ...