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A sculpture in Hance Park titled 'Maternal Love,' showing a panda and her cub, was given to Phoenix by its sister city of Chengdu in China. Some critics worry about Chinese government influence on sister city programs, supporters say they can build the people-to-people relationships that governments cannot.

Though the relationships between most sister cities center on student exchanges, citizen diplomacy can step up and fill the gaps left by national politics, as was on display when Phoenix Sister Cities Vice President Rick Gerrard made the connections that led to receiving 100 N95 masks for Gilbert first responders from its sister city, Leshan, China. Read more»

U.S. troops wade through the water under German fire at Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings on June 8, 1944.

June 6, 1944, marked the first day of the the Normandy landings during WWII. While this day will forever be marked in history, there are a few facts that go unnoticed. Read more»

U.S. troops wade through the water under German fire at Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings on June 8, 1944.

June 6, 1944, marked the first day of the the Normandy landings during WWII. While this day will forever be marked in history, there are a few facts that go unnoticed. Read more»

U.S. volunteers in Spain, spring 1938.

Eighty years ago this month, in the Spanish North African enclave of Melilla, a group of right-wing generals staged a military coup, aimed at overthrowing Spain’s democratically elected government. The July 1936 uprising unleashed the Spanish Civil War, a horrific conflagration that lasted almost three years. Read more»

U.S. troops wade through the water under German fire at Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings on June 8, 1944.

June 6, 1944, marked the first day of the the Normandy landings during WWII. While this day will forever be marked in history, there are a few facts that go unnoticed. Read more»

U.S. troops wade through the water under German fire at Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings on June 8, 1944.

June 6, 1944, marked the first day of the the Normandy landings during WWII. While this day will forever be marked in history, there are a few facts that go unnoticed. Read more» 1

U.S. troops wade through the water under German fire at Omaha Beach during the Normandy landings on June 8, 1944.

June 6, 1944, marked the first day of the the Normandy landings during WWII. While this day will forever be marked in history, there are a few facts that go unnoticed. Read more» 1