Two months after Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the executive order that paved the way for Japanese-American internment. Decades later, those dark days resonate.
History
After a massive evacuation, Greek city defuses a World War II bomb
The unexploded bomb, which had been buried for decades, was discovered near a gas station in Thessaloniki. Officials took no chances, evacuating more than 70,000 people before removing it.
After 146 Years, Ringling Bros. And Barnum & Bailey Circus To Shut Down
After struggling to remain relevant amid public concern for animal welfare, combined with high operation costs, “The Greatest Show On Earth” will come to an end in May, the company announced Saturday.
40 years later, John McPhee’s book still brings fans to Eagle, Alaska
John Borg hosts literary tourists who come through Eagle, Alaska, in the summer looking for characters from John McPhee’s book Coming into the Country.
Alutiiq Museum director of operations to take job in Minnesota
Marnie Leist has been in Kodiak for 11 years, and looks back to when she first arrived to the island. She said she got a master’s degree in art history and museum studies, and the only position she applied to following graduation was one at the museum. When she moved here, it was the first time she’d been to Kodiak, she said.
Museum of the Aleutians names new director
The Museum of the Aleutians has wrapped up the year by hiring a new executive director.
Virginia Hatfield will step into her new position on January 3rd.