GLENN MILLER’S GERMAN LANGUAGE BROADASTS “THE OWI AIMS AT FRITZ” “LONDON – The German Army, target of the “German Wehrmacht Hour” beamed out by ABSIE (American Broadcasting Station in Europe) is getting its first taste of OWI-supplied live popular music according to the New York office of the OWI’s Overseas …
APRIL 12, 1945 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF Shortly before 1:00 p.m. on April 12, 1945, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was seated in the living room of the Little White House at his beloved Warm Springs, Georgia therapeutic spa. Three days earlier, Lucy Mercer Rutherford arrived from Aitken, South Carolina, accompanied by portrait artist …
EXCEPTIONAL BROADCASTER AND COMMUNITY LEADER Rick Crandall is an exceptional broadcaster and community leader. Entercom Communications has announced at as of 8:00 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2020, Denver, KEZW will become a sports station and end its long-running easy listening and oldies format. Consequently, our friend, colleague and his …
AN UNACCEPTABLE An America assaulted is horrified by the unacceptable stain upon our democracy and desecration of our Capitol on January 6, 2021. Moreover, the record 74-million patriotic Americans who voted two months earlier for an unorthodox incumbent share this national epiphany. However, on this solemn Christian feast day, an …
AMERICAN CHRISTMAS 1776 was not simply the year that the members of the Continental Congress risked their lives and fortunes to declare an independent America. However, as we honor their risk of high treason taken on July 4, let us also remember December 25, 1776, when Gen. George Washington changed …
GLENN MILLER ARCHIVES HONOREE Larry O’Brien is the cherished longtime former director of the Glenn Miller Orchestra. He is also a leader in preserving our big band legacy and advocate for the Glenn Miller Archives. Therefore, it is a pleasure to announce that Larry is now a member of the …
MOVING FORWARD TOGETHER An American renewal is essential, with citizens of all persuasions moving forward together into 2021 and beyond. Moreover, America’s history, character, and global leadership demand it. Firstly, this means that Democrats and Republicans, progressives and conservatives, women and men of all races, creeds, and regions, unearth and …
THE PIVOTAL 2020 ELECTION The contentious American election of 2020 is a consequential American crossroads. Trump v. Biden may have appeared to be a referendum on a controversial incumbent and influenced by a pandemic. However, there is significantly more about our political system, economic way of life, character, and cultural …
FROM FDR TO TODAY All Americans mourned the passing of the extraordinary and brilliant Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg of the Supreme Court of the United States. Moreover, related developments about packing the Supreme Court remind us of its purpose, importance, and composition. Likewise, as our Constitutional system of checks, …
WHITE HOUSE AND CONGRESSIONAL INITIATIVES Firstly, here is an update regarding our Glenn Miller Medal of Freedom and military honors initiative. As published in Glenn Miller Declassified: “Major Alton Glenn Miller, Air Corps, Army of the United States, confidently boarded the wrong aircraft on the wrong day to do his …