The Normandy Landing – D-Day The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the… Continue reading The Normandy Landing – D-Day
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Memorial Day 2024
Memorial Day Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States for remembering and honoring the military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. But for many Memorial Day is nothing more than a day off of work when you hang out with your friends and family, have a cookout,… Continue reading Memorial Day 2024
Happy Easter Sunday 2024
Happy Easter Sunday 2024 Happy Easter! I’m well aware that Easter is a religious holiday, but in the spirit of trying to keep things light, here is an easter egg. In Google Search – search for “anagram” and it shows “Did you mean: nag a ram” The Holiday Easter, also called Pascha or Resurrection Sunday,… Continue reading Happy Easter Sunday 2024
Happy Steak and BJ Day 2024
Happy Steak and BJ Day 2024 Steak and BJ day is Valentine’s Day for men. Face it Valentine’s Day is for women, there isn’t anything manly about it. It is a holiday that the greeting card industry created to sell greeting cards and other associated products. As Valentine’s Day is February 14th, one month later,… Continue reading Happy Steak and BJ Day 2024
Happy Valentine’s Day 2024
Happy Valentine’s Day 2024 Naughty Thoughts – Roses are reds, Violets are blue, All my naughty thoughts involve me and you Valentine’s Day, also called Saint Valentine’s Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14. Originating as a Western Christian feast day honoring one or two early saints named Valentinus,… Continue reading Happy Valentine’s Day 2024
Martin Luther King, Jr Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement from 1954 until his death in 1968. King led the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and in 1957 became the… Continue reading Martin Luther King, Jr Day
Happy New Year
Happy New Year – 2024 Average JoeWelcome to the Average Joe Weekly blog. This is basically my place on the web where I can help spread some of the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years. I served 10+ years in the Marine Corps on Active Duty, but that was some 25 years ago.… Continue reading Happy New Year
Merry Christmas Everyone!!! 2023
Twas the Night Before Christmas Merry Christmas to everyone! I wrote this a few years back. It is from a wife’s point of view. Twas the Night Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, everyone was sleeping except me and my spouse The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, while… Continue reading Merry Christmas Everyone!!! 2023
Christmas Eve Shots Fired
Christmas Eve Shots Fired Reports of shots fired as a Christmas party held at the Nakatomi Plaza Shots have been fired at the Nakatomi Plaza Hotel and Convention Center at 2121 Avenue of the Stars (headquarters of 20th Century Studios/ now Fox Plaza) in Los Angeles this evening. The LAPD and FBI have surrounded the… Continue reading Christmas Eve Shots Fired
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service upon the United States against the naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, just before 08:00 a.m., on Sunday, December 7, 1941. The United States was a neutral country at the… Continue reading Attack on Pearl Harbor
