Hitler's Eagle's Nest

 What do you give someone who has everything? In 1937, high ranking Nazis were confronted with this dilemma. Martin Bormann came up with a curious idea. read about it (here).

 

In Memory of...

A Memorial Day Tribute

I was not particularly familiar with the Battle of Monte Cassino when I spotted the buildings high on the mountaintop as our bus rolled into the parking lot of a well-tended cemetery. Yet fellow travelers on our bus were pulling out handkerchiefs and wiping their eyes even before the bus braked to a stop. Read about our visit to a Monte Cassino cemetery (here).