The American Parlor

A Blog Remembering the Men and Women of America's past. Formerly known for many years as "The Civil War Parlor", will now explore other aspects of American history. Giving a nod to classic American culture, and locations from America's past that may no longer exist. ”The dead continue to live by way of the resurrection we give them in telling their stories” -Stories of Real Human Beings Make History Powerful, Photographs Make it Immediate.~ —  https://www.facebook.com/groups/silentfilmlounge/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesilentfilmloungecemeteryproject

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The Greatest Generation

D-Day-June 6, 1944

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D-Day- American paratroopers about to take off toward Normandy.

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6 June 1944- Day Day Invasion

A U.S. landing craft filled with troops approaches the French coast as part of Operation Overlord.

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D-Day: Operation Overlord

American craft cross the English Channel soon before landing in Normandy.

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D-Day Invasion: Operation Overlord

U.S. soldiers wait in a landing craft as it approaches Omaha Beach.

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D-Day Invasion: Operation Overlord

American soldiers, injured while storming Omaha Beach, recover just after the landings.

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D-Day: Operation Overlord

U.S. troops, among the first to land, approach the beaches of Normandy, likely near Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer.

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Operation Overlord: D-Day Invasion

Various American landing craft gather on Omaha Beach following the landings.

U.S. Maritime Commission/Library of Congress

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American soldiers recover the dead on Omaha Beach following the completion of the initial assault of Operation Overlord.

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Canadian soldiers land on Courseulles Beach in Normandy during the D-Day invasion.

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Men of the 16th Infantry Regiment Division wading ashore on Omaha Beach on the morning of 6 June 1944.

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Rin Tin Tin

Rin Tin Tin was less than a week old when he was discovered by aerial gunner Lee Duncan on 15 September 1918 in a bombed German army kennel near the French village of Flirey. Smuggling the German Shepherd mother and her five puppies back to base, Duncan named his favorites Rin Tin Tin and Nanette after some lucky charm dolls.

Returning to Los Angeles, he trained Rinty for movie stardom and he caused a sensation in Where the North Begins (1923). Becoming a global icon, Rin Tin Tin not only saved Warner Bros, but he also won the inaugural Academy Award for best actor before being disqualified.

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Charles Jackson French~

On September 5, 1942, United States Navy Messman Charles Jackson French swam through the night for 6 - 8 hours pulling a raft of 15 wounded sailors with a rope around his stomach through shark infested waters.

The U.S. Navy Ship the U.S.S. Gregory was hit by Japanese naval fire in the South Pacific. Many were wounded and killed.  French successfully brought these men to safety on the shores of The Solomon Islands.

“For meritorious conduct in action while serving on board of a destroyer transport which was badly damaged during the engagement with Japanese forces in the British Solomon Islands on September 5, 1942. After the engagement, a group of about fifteen men were adrift on a raft, which was being deliberately shelled by Japanese naval forces. French tied a line to himself and swam for more than two hours without rest, thus attempting to tow the raft. His conduct was in keeping with the highest traditions of the Naval Service.”

French was memorialized on War gum trading cards and in a comic strip. The Chicago Defender named him Hero of the Year.

French is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California.

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The Silent Film Lounge Cemetery Project: Los Angeles

 Sister group of The Silent Film Lounge Group on Facebook. This is a volunteer group to clean the area around silent film stars graves in the Los Angeles area, and to plant flowers and plants to beautify their plots. Majority are at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. If you would like to volunteer, please join us! Message the Group Admins for details on helping water plants once a month etc, or would just like to help by donating plants or money for flowers/plants.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/thesilentfilmloungecemeteryproject

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 Hats in the Garment District, New York, 1930

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The movie's line "Why don't you come up sometime and see me?" was voted as the #26 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).

Mae West was signed by Paramount in 1931 to make a film adaptation of her stage success 'Diamond Lil'. They then spent the next two years trying to figure out a way of getting the material past the censors. The battle over 'Diamond Lil' led to the head of the Production Board, James Wingate, quitting and being replaced by the much more hardline Joseph Breen who was prompted to set up a fairly stringent and moral Production Code. In the meantime, 'Diamond Lil' transformed into the slightly watered down "She Done Him Wrong" and was one of the last films to be made before the introduction of the Production Code.

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Mary Pickford~

A Canadian-American film actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the American film industry, she co-founded Pickford–Fairbanks Studios and United Artists, and was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.