Tag: WWII Books
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KINDLE COUNTDOWN DEALS FOR “BAHALA NA (COME WHAT MAY”
Kindle Countdown Deals for “BAHALA NA (COME WHAT MAY)“ is set to begin on May 26, 2014 at 8:00:00 AM PST. You can buy your Kindle copy of my book, “Bahala Na (Come What May)” at a discount price of $.99 on Monday, May 26, 2014. The best deal! The price goes up to $1.99…
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VETERANS DAY – A DAY WE HONOR OUR ARMED FORCES
Veterans Day evolved in the years following World War I, or “The Great War,” as it was known at the time. The Great War, a war to end all wars, ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day, of the eleventh month in 1918 when an armistice between the Allied nations and Germany went…
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BAUAN CATHEDRAL IN BAUAN, BATANGAS
During the Spanish regime, the Spaniards tried to Christianize the Filipinos and they built great churches during their more than three hundred years regime in thePhilippines. The church in Bauan, Batangas has a long history. The first church of Bauan was not located at the present site. Since the Mission of Bauan was a visita…
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SAMPAGUITA, The Philippine’s National Flower
Countries have adopted flowers as national cultural symbols. The United States has the rose; the Netherlands, the tulip; Japan, the chrysanthemum; Austria, the edelweiss and Ireland the shamrock. The Philippines have several national symbols: the carabao (water buffalo), the narra tree and sampaguita. Sampaguita or kampupot was adopted by the Philippine government as its national…
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