How Officials Tried to Censor One of the Biggest Stories in the World (via The Atlantic)

When Germany surrendered in World War II, military leaders told reporters to keep it a secret. They might have been successful, too, if not for one rogue journalist.

The shutdown has closed all federally funded parks and memorials. But a group of World War II veterans who came all the way from Mississippi wouldn’t take no for an answer. They knocked over the barriers at the WWII memorial and walked right in. (source)