John Mahoney

(1940 - 2017) 

'Bridge of No Return'

On December 23, 1968, the crew of the USS Pueblo is pictured crossing into South Korea after being held captive for 11 months. On January 23 of that year, the Pueblo was attacked off the Korean coast and seized by North Korea. The ship remains in Pyongyang, North Korea, where it serves as a propaganda attraction.

Hume-Fogg Academic High School

Hume-Fogg Academic High School, located in Nashville, TN, is the nation's oldest operating high school. Opened in 1855 as Hume High School, it was Nashville's first. The city's second high school, Fogg High School, was built directly adjacent to Hume in 1875. In 1912, the two schools merged and continue to this day to provide quality education to its' students.  The school was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places on October 16, 1974.

It Would Eventually Fall

The Berlin Wall being built in 1961.

They Served With Honor

In this letter written by Elaine Harmon, a WWII female pilot, she states her wishes to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Because of an Army policy barring WWII women pilots from being buried at Arlington, Harmon's ashes remain in a closet in her home while her family battles to change the policy. Harmon died last April at the age of 95.

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Despite being reduced to pieces, these giant redwoods still outsize the lumberjacks who brought them down. This picture was taken in Humboldt County California in 1915.

Liberated Woman

Women's rights in the 1920s allowed many like this

young lady to pump their own gas. 

Temple of Santiago

A recent drought in Mexico lowered the Nezahualcoyotl Reservoir's depth by 82 feet, revealing the remains of a 400 year old church. The Temple of Santiago, built by monks in the mid 16th century, was eventually abandoned due to the plagues of 1773-1776. The historic structure was flooded as a result of a dam constructed in 1966.  

Final Stops

From 2007 to 2010, 2500 New York City subway cars were dumped into the Atlantic Ocean for the purpose of creating an artificial coral reef for crustaceans and fish.

Once retired, cars were stripped of any loose parts and stacked aboard a barge. They were then brought to the various dumping sites off the coast from Delaware to South Carolina. 

The project has enabled the coastal seafood supply to flurish as a direct result of the reef's attraction of smaller creatures for larger fish to feed on.

Lesley Gore (1946 - 2015)

Best known for her hit song "It's My Party", singer Lesley Gore is pictured on MTV in 1964. Born Lesley Sue Goldstein on May 2, 1946, the lifetime non-smoker lost her battle with lung cancer two days ago at the age of 68.