David Kindy

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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine-but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked

2 months ago | smithsonianmag.com | David Kindy |Dave Kindy

Alaska A Smithsonian magazine special report Made Possible Through the Support of History | Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria The temperature hovered around freezing in New York’s Central Park on December 15, 1925.
Why Florence's historic wine windows are making a comeback

Dec 20, 2024 | nationalgeographic.com | David Kindy

For nearly 500 years, visitors to this romantic Renaissance city have sipped Tuscan wines from buchette di vino, tiny openings in the walls of palazzos.
First-edition books by 'conscience of the American Revolution' loaned to Mercy Otis Warren Society

Jul 16, 2024 | medium.com | David Kindy

https://www.plymouthindependent.org/first-edition-books-by-conscious-of-the-american-revolution-donated-to-mercy-otis-warren-society/A Revolutionary War reenactor contributes to the effort to recognize the Plymouth resident who played a key role in the 18th century fight for freedom. by Dave Kindy - Independent Correspondent 07/16/2024It doesn't take long for a crowd to gather around Sean Considine and Michele Gabrielson as they stand in downtown's Shirley Square.
Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground

Jun 4, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | David Kindy |Dave Kindy

Clouds of dust swirled and filled the night air as Martha Gellhorn walked up a rocky road on Omaha Beach. At the end of the path, the American war correspondent paused for a moment. Suddenly, her senses were overwhelmed by the pleasant reminder of another time.
Texas Man Who Lived 70 Years in an Iron Lung Dies at 78: 'I Never Gave Up'

Mar 13, 2024 | smithsonianmag.com | David Kindy |Meilan Solly

Paralyzed by polio in 1952, Paul Alexander led a full life despite being confined to a large steel ventilator On a hot summer day in 1952, Paul Alexander of Texas was not feeling well. His neck and head hurt, and he was running a high fever. Within days, the 6-year-old boy could not move, speak or even swallow: He had contracted polio.
The life of Lexington, America’s greatest racehorse

May 5, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | David Kindy

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She survived the Titanic-but it wasn’t the only time she faced death at sea

Mar 14, 2023 | nationalgeographic.co.uk | David Kindy

On the morning of November 21, 1916, the British ocean liner Britannic—then outfitted as a hospital ship for its role in World War I—was cruising the Aegean Sea on its way to the bloody battlefield of Gallipoli in Turkey. Nurse Violet Jessop had just come from morning Mass and was sitting down to breakfast when a muffled explosion shook the vessel. The Britannic had struck a German mine and was quickly sinking.
She survived the Titanic-but it wasn’t the only time she faced death at sea

Mar 13, 2023 | nationalgeographic.com | David Kindy

Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited. History & CultureBefore she became known as ‘Miss Unsinkable,’ Violet Jessop weathered a childhood plagued by illness. On the morning of November 21, 1916, the British ocean liner Britannic—then outfitted as a hospital ship during World War I—was cruising the Aegean Sea on its way to the bloody battlefield of Gallipoli in Turkey.