Presentations

Monday

Remagen was the town near Cologne where the bridge was located. The bridge was part of a plan to build a series of bridges alon gthe Rhine at the beginning of WWI. The plan was scratched and picked up after the war and a couple of bridges were built. The Allies captured the bridge intact without opposition, allowing them to cross the Rhine.

Wednesday

Eleanor Roosevelt was born October 11, 1884. She and FDR were married in 1904 and had 6 children, with one child dying in infancy. I did not know that FDR's mistress was present when he died. Eleanor wrote a column in the Daily newspaper from 1936-1962, helped with the refugee situation during the war, wrote to soldiers, and boosted both citizen and soldier morale. She died at the age of 78 from Tuberculosis.