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Russian House in Baku has hosted a concert dedicated to the 83rd
anniversary of the start of the Great Patriotic War,
Azernews reports.

The event was co-organised by the Baku Music Academy and the
Russian House in Baku.

At the opening, Bishop Alexy of Baku and Azerbaijan addressed
the assembled public with a welcoming speech.

The presenter and curator of the event, Doctor of Philosophy in
Art History, senior lecturer at Baku Music Academy Alena Inyakina,
shared with the audience information about the most important
battles of the Great Patriotic War, about the contribution of the
Azerbaijani people to the common victory over fascism.

In the Great Patriotic War, every…

PERRYVILLE, Mo. (KFVS) – Missouri’s National Veterans Memorial (MNVM) in Perryville is set to host a day dedicated to Vietnam veterans.

Organizers are inviting the public to welcome home Vietnam veterans during the National Vietnam War Veterans Day event at the memorial.

The event will take place on Friday, March 29 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Refreshments will be served in the event room.

Visitors can view the history of the Vietnam War through exhibits at the museum and remember the 58,281 men and women who never came home by reading their names on the memorial’s Vietnam Wall.

MNVM volunteers, who are Vietnam veterans will be available on the campus to answer questions and to share their time in the service.

Tokens of remembrance to lay at the Vietnam Wall are welcome.

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Discover the stories of Southern women who spied for the Confederacy during the newest Leaders and Legacies of the Civil War lecture at noon, March 13 at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave.

Michelle Seddon of James A. National Garfield Historic Site will explain how these women gathered intelligence, shared that information with Confederate leaders, and what happened to them after the war.

Her talk is free and open to all, but due to limited space, registration is encouraged. Sign up at www.mentorpl.org or by calling the library at 440-255- 8811, ext. 1.

President Biden is coming under fire for hosting a barbecue at the White House Sunday afternoon while war rages in Israel and terrorists allegedly hold Americans hostage. 

“While Hamas holds Americans hostage, Joe Biden is enjoying a picnic with a live band,” Republican Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tweeted, accompanied by a screen shoot of a White House Pool report. 

The pool report, emailed just after 6 p.m. Sunday evening, notes that a reporter could hear a “live band” in the White House. 

“In the late afternoon and early evening, a live band could be heard coming from the area near the Rose Garden. Your pooler asked why a band was playing. From the White House: The President and First Lady are hosting a BBQ for White House Executive Residence…

As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its second year, the city’s challenge is to integrate tens of thousands of refugees displaced from fighting in the country’s embattled east, while creating a recovery system to make them stay.

Standing in the cobblestone square that is Lviv’s historic marketplace one could forget that this is a country at war if it wouldn’t be for the banners commemorating the city’s war heroes and the omnipresence of men in army uniforms.

As the biggest city in western Ukraine turned humanitarian hub, thousand displaced in the first months have been housed in schools and sports arenas turned into shelters, first in open rooms with mattresses on the floor and then separated by wooden partitions.

Hundreds of families have moved into container housing set up…