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Buford Pusser holds a pair of autographed sticks on Aug. 1,1963. Pusser endured numerous attacks as Sheriff, surviving multiple assassination attempts, including being stabbed seven times, shot eight times and even run over by a car. (1184x1557)

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Cover of Al-Awda magazine depicting starving Palestinian children being bombed, circa 1980, painted by Sliman Mansour

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1977 -- my son with Eeyore at Walt Disney World

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Louis Armstrong gives an autograph to a French punk, 1961

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Audrey Munson, "America's first supermodel", attempts suicide at 30. She survives but spends the rest of her life in an asylum. She died in 1996 at the age of 104. May , 1922

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My great uncle and a friend of his stationed over in Europe during WWII.

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Students run from National Guardsman deployed on the campus of Kent State University. 4 students were killed and 9 wounded by the National Guard May 4, 1970 (1920 x 1080)

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Eminem with his rap group D12, 1990s

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“Next time! We’ll learn our lesson next time!!!” A comic illustration depicting the US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, 2021

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13-year-old Barbara Kent (center) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, just hours after the Atomic Bomb detonation 40 miles away. Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old.

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My grandparents' engagement photo, circa 1927, Kokomo, Indiana. They were married 60+ years and raised seven children, all of whom graduated from college. Two were teachers, which made them very proud because that was such a respected profession to them.

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This is the oldest picture of the White House ever taken. 1846.

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