Four museums and historic sites in Brisbane, QLD, Australia
G'day PHG fans! I was recently going through some old photos on my phone and saw some shots taken during my most recent deployment in 2023. The USS America made port in Brisbane , Australia, as so many ships have, during an international exercise that took place off the coast. My previous visit, in 2013, didn't offer as much free time as I'd hoped and so I didn't do much by way of searching for history. Luckily, this time I was able to make my way to quite a few museums, mon
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Guide to the Guide: PHG on Google Maps
As many of you know, getting folks connected with local and regional history is the primary focus of Pacific History Guide. This effort is effectively a list of locations in the form of clickable links that point toward official websites, and another part is the official PHG Google Maps . The links have been added to the site in no particular order, and while some of you may have found a pattern to the way they've been added, it may not make sense to everybody. To solve this
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Veterans Day
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918, an armistice went into effect in the First World War. Extended several times until the peace was finally signed in June 1919, the armistice nevetheless held, and the Great War came to an end. In time, November 11th was celebrated as Armistice Day, with statues, Unknown Soldier memorials, and monuments being erected or dedicated around the world. In the ensuing years, Armistice Day has given way to Veteran
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