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May 8, 1958~ Eisenhower orders federalized National Guard removed from Little Rock

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The Little Rock Nine  by  Platon, 2010

From left: Jefferson Thomas, Minnijean Brown-Trickey, Gloria Ray Karlmark, Elizabeth Eckford,
Carlotta Walls LaNier, Terrence Roberts, Thelma Mothershed Wair, Melba Patillo Beals and Ernest Green

Previous May 6 posts:

Love & War~ May 8

Bob Clampett: Born May 8, 1913

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/8~

May 6, 1935~ FDR establishes the Works Progress Administration

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Noah’s Ark Mural by Helen Forbes and Dorothy Puccinelli

1938 / Egg Tempera / 1,200’ expanse / San Francisco Zoo Mother’s Building

Works Progress Administration (WPA) (1935)~
https://livingnewdeal.org/glossary/works-progress-administration-wpa-1935/

Previous May 6 posts:

Love & War~ May 6

Nora Clench~ May 6, 1867-May 17, 1938

Rudolph Valentino: Born May 6, 1895

Kentucky Derby: May 6, 2017

Artist Birthday Quiz for 5/6~

April 29, 1429~ Joan of Arc arrives with troops to relieve the besieged city of Orléans

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Jeanne d’Arc te Paard (Joan of Arc on Horse)
by Arnoud Schaepkens, after Theodoor Schaepkens

1831-1904 / Etching on paper / 5 2/5”x4 3/10” / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Hundred Years’ War: Siege of Orléans~
https://www.thoughtco.com/hundred-years-war-siege-of-orleans-2360758

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Joan_of_Arc

Previous April 29 posts:

Spring~ April 29

April 29, 1945: U.S. Seventh Army’s 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau

April 29~

Artist Birthday Quiz for 4/29~