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MARCH 24, 2010
AMERICA’S CLASSIC BALLPARKS
FENWAY PARK
BON JOVITAKES SERVICE ON TOUR
THE WASPSOF WWII
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THE WASPSOF WWII
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BON JOVITAKES SERVICE ON TOUR
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Contents
10 SCENIC AND HISTORICSAN DIEGO
14
THE LEGACY OFGEORGE
WASHINGTONCARVER
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THIS WEEK INAMERICAN HISTORY
QUOTE OF THE WEEK 15
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THE WASPS OF WWIINancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, JohnBoehner andMitchMcConnellhosted a Congressional Gold Medal ceremony this earliermonth to honor the Women Airforce Service Pilots of WorldWar II, known affectionately as the WASP. It was a long over-due ceremony of recognition for these unsung heroes, longdenied official recognition for their courage and patriotism.
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The WASP was a pioneering organization of
civilian female pilots employed to fly military
aircraft under the direction of the United States
Army Air Forces during the war. The group of
1,102 female civilians flew more than 60 mil-
lion miles in 78 different types of aircraft, from
the smallest trainers to the fastest fighters and
the largest bombers. They undertook every type
of mission except combat; thirty eight died in
service. Their job was to ferry aircraft from fac-
tories to air bases throughout the U.S., and to
tow targets for antiaircraft gunnery training.
Despite their outward appearance as official
members of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the WASP
were actually considered civil servants during
the war. In spite of a highly publicized attempt
to militarize them in 1944, the women pilots
were not granted veteran status until 1977. When
a WASP was killed the women pilots received
no formal recognition, no honors, no gold star
in the window, and no American flag on their
coffin. Fellow pilots contributed money to help
bring the body and belongings home.
When the WASP were unceremoniously deac-
tivated in December 1944, five months before
the end of the war, they never received the mil-
itary status they were promised, even though
many of them were sent to officers training
school. Even today the WASP can only be buried
at Arlington National Cemetery as enlisted mem-
bers of the military, not with officers’ honors.
Finally, these intrepid women have been honored
for their heroic service.
SEE THE PHOTO GALLERY AT THENATIONAL WASP WWII MUSEUM
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BON JOVITAKES ‘SERVICE’ ON TOUR
Jon Bon Jovi, in collaboration with the Corporation for National and Community
Service, will be the first artist to take President Obama's UnitedWe Serve initia-
tive to a mass audience: He is bringing themesssage of service out on the road
during the band's “The CircleWorld Tour.” A fewweeks ago, at a sold out Staples
Center inWashingtonDC,BonJovi debutedaconcert videobeforeasold-out arena.
In the video, whichwill be shown at each venue on the tour, Bon Jovimakes a call
to service tomillions of fans. He also headlined a 60-second television PSA that
includes images of President and First Lady Michelle Obama serving, and will
be distributed nationally to broadcast stations and used in online promotions.
Bon Jovi, a longtime service advocate and phi-lanthropist, calls on Americans in the concertvideo and PSA to use their energy and passionto help tackle our nation's challenges. As anindividual who focuses his efforts on issuessurrounding homelessness, Bon Jovi's highlightswhat he calls the “power of we.” The video andPSA intersperse music from some of Bon Jovi'shit songs with a direct call to service.
“Just as Jon Bon Jovi's music moves millionsaround the world, his dedication to service willinspire even more to make a difference in theirown communities,” said Patrick Corvington, theCorporation's Chief Executive Officer. “This part-nership is an amazing opportunity to encouragepeople from every corner of this country to takeaction and do their part to help those in need.”The Corporation is a federal agency that engagesmore than five million Americans in servicethrough its Senior Corps, AmeriCorps, and Learnand Serve America programs.
This is the first-ever collaboration of this scalebetween the Corporation and a musical artist.At the Corporation's 2009 National Conferenceon Volunteering and Service, Bon Jovi and FirstLady Michelle Obama launched the initiativewith the Entertainment Industry Foundationbefore the largest gathering of volunteer andservice leaders from nonprofit, government andcorporate sectors. In addition to the concertvideo, local volunteers with non-profit organi-zations and members of the Corporation's serviceprograms will distribute information about theUnited We Serve initiative and Bon Jovi's SoulFoundation at booths inside concert venues in
select cities. The volunteers will discuss howconcertgoers can engage in service and findvolunteer opportunities in their local community.
President Obama has made service a centralcause of his administration, and more than fivemillion Americans have volunteered with theCorporation in 2009, a 25 percent increaseover the previous year.
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CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO AND PSA
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE CORPORATIONFOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
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Last year, over 3 million people attended a game
at Fenway Park. Despite being a relatively small
and old fashioned park, with few amenities,
essentially no parking, and in a part of town
impossible to get through or into on game day,
Fenway Park remains a perennial attendance
leader. One of two original stadiums still standing
(Wrigley Field being the other), Fenway is a
simpler, purer, and more satisfying place to see
a baseball game. Its record 500th straight sell-
out was recorded in 2009; its partisans span
all classes and status of Bostonians.
Opened in 1912 and constructed for a cost of
$650,000, Fenway Park was built on filled-in
marshland locally knows as the “Fens”. The
construction, lasting one year, produced a sta-
dium as outwardly humble as the industrial
neighborhood that surrounds it. The field itself
is well representative of early ballparks; the
playing-surface dimensions are oddball and
angular, many seats are situated behind steel
columns, the field appears close and intimate
to spectators. The famous “Green Monster”, the
left field wall that measures 37 feet in height
and is a favorite target of home run hitters, is
the parks' signature touch. Seats above the
Monster were added in 2003 and are highly
sought-after.
Fenway Park has played host to some of base-
ball’s truly historic moments. There were the
1946 and 1999 all star games, the 1976 Carlton
Fisk “wave off” home run, World Series games
in 11 of its seasons. Still, it was a history of
heartbreak that defined Fenway for 86 long years.
From 1918, the year Babe Ruth was traded,
the “Curse of the Bambino” hovered over the
Red Sox. The curse came to define Red Sox
fandom, as casual fans became diehard suf-
ferers. In 2004, the Red Sox beat the hated
New York Yankees for the American League
Title, and defeated the St. Louis Cardinals for
a long awaited championship.
A trip to Fenway is an almost religious pilgrim-
age for the devout baseball fan. Immortalized in
numerous films, attended by millions, and occa-
sionally the center of political controversy, Fenway
will remain the capital of the national pastime.
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Twoweeks before the 2010 special senatorial election inMassachusetts, theBoston
Globe asked Martha Coakley, the frontrunner by 15 points, if she had grown too
passive in her campaign. “As opposed to standing outside Fenway Park? In the cold?
Shaking hands?” was her response. Twoweeks later, Coakley had lost the election
after a stunning freefall, and was accused of elitism. It was the reckoning of a
truth known to Massachusetts politicians: The Red Sox are first in the hearts of
Bostonians, and don't say anything bad about Fenway.
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SCENIC AND HISTORICSAN DIEGOCalifornians have a few things in common: They tend toexercise too much, eat well, own jeeps and dogs withhandkerchiefs tied around their necks. They pay toomuchin taxes, dislike the Governor and can order fluently inSpanish. And deep down, they all want to live in SanDiego.
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To know San Diego is to love it: it has the nicest weather,the friendliest people, and the longest history of theall California cities. Although not the most populous,its citizens are the most diverse and the city boastsover 100 distinct neighborhoods. Uniquely, San DiegoCounty is built upon mesas, elevated land masses withflat tops; city development takes place on the tops,nature preserves and parkland inhabit the canyons.Such a distinct urban landscape allows for a wealth ofopen space for hiking and recreation.
A city whose growth has been driven by the presenceof the Navy, and modernized by the biotech and com-munication industries, San Diego is prosperous andwell-developed. A visit to the area requires carefulplanning since there’s so much to do.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS:BALBOA PARKProtected since 1835, Balboa Park is one of the oldestrecreational parks in the country. It is home to severalcultural museums and notable architecture. Gardens arenumerous and world-class, as are the performance spaces,one modeled after Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre.
SAN DIEGO ZOOOne of the world’s largest, the San Diego Zoo boasts over
4000 animals belonging to over 800 species. A modern,
forward thinking institution, the zoo pioneered “cageless”
exhibits and most of its major exhibits are in open air.
USS MIDWAY NAVAL MUSEUMDecommissioned and docked in 1992, the USS Midway
aircraft carrier is one of San Diego's most popular tourist
stops. Visitors tour the ship's bridge, flight deck, hangar
deck, mess deck, flight control, tactical flag command
center, quarters, sickbay, and engine room: “from boiler
to bridge.” Restored aircraft are frequently displayed.
SEAWORLD SAN DIEGOAmerica's first and best known aquatictheme park, SeaWorld has been enter-taining patrons since 1964.
MISSION SAN DIEGO DE ALCALAA preservation of the first Franciscanmission in New Spain, founded 1769.
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Carver was the son of a slave woman owned by
Moses Carver. Frail and sick, the orphaned child
remained in his former master’s home after the
Civil War and was nursed back to health. He
left at the age of 12 to seek an education, de-
veloped a deep interest in plants, and got a
fragmentary education while wandering and
doing odd jobs. In his late 20s, he finally earned
a high school education, and ultimately college
and graduate degrees from Iowa State University.
Carver joined Tuskegee Normal and Industrial
Institute in 1896 to direct the agriculture de-
partment. The school was headed by noted black
educator Booker T. Washington. At Tuskegee,
Carver devoted his time to research projects
aimed at helping Southern agriculture diversify.
At this time, Southern agriculture was in serious
trouble because of the single-crop domination
of cotton, which was vulnerable to disease and
was exhausting the soil.
Carver urged Southern farmers to plant peanuts
and soybeans, which restore nitrogen to the
soil while providing protein to the poor of the
region. Carver then set about enlarging the com-
mercial possibilities of the peanut and sweet
potato through a clever program of laboratory
research at Tuskegee. Over his lifetime, he de-
veloped 300 derivative products from peanuts
and more than 100 from sweet potatoes. By
1940, the peanut was the second cash crop,
after cotton, in the South, and among the top
six nationwide.
Late in his career, he received many honors,
including visits from Calvin Coolidge, Franklin
Roosevelt, Henry Ford and Mohandas K. Gandhi.
He also donated his life savings to create the
Carver Research Foundation at Tuskegee for
continuing research in agriculture. Despite these
achievements, he was often criticized by African
American groups for being too conciliatory to
the harsh racial policies of the South and by
scientists for being more of a chemist and cook
than a true scientific mind. Most historians
generally emphasize how his inventions and
insights helped millions of people.
An American agricultural scientist, GeorgeWashington Carver helpedrevolutionize agriculture in the South through the development of newproducts derived from peanuts, sweet potatoes, and soybeans. Bornduring the Civil War as a slave, he lived until World War II, he helpfree Southern agriculture from the single-crop tyranny of cotton.
CLICK HERE TO SEE A PHOTOALBUM OF CARVER’S LIFE
QUOTE OFTHE WEEK
“The most important political officeis that of the private citizen.”
— LOUIS BRANDEISLAWYER, ADVOCATE FOR SOCIAL CAUSES, U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICEFROM 1916 TO 1939, AND THE FIRST JUSTICE OF THE JEWISH FAITH
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2003.The U.S. launched an attack against Saddam Hussein,kicking off what has become known as the Iraq War. Saddam’sregime fell 21 days later, but the war continues to this day.
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