Melanie McComb | ☘️ The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬

Professional genealogist. Also active on Threads, Blue Sky and Mastodon.

[Melanie McComb | ☘️ The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬 @ShamrockGen]

During the Revolution, American Women Fought for Freedom, Spied on the British, Cared for the Sick and Fell in Love. A New Exhibition Reveals Their Rich Wartime Stories

#Rev250

https://t.co/TkP6dHKqmq

[American Ancestors @AncestorExperts]

We recently joined The North American Reciprocal Museum Association, a network of 1,500+ arts, cultural, and historical institutions across North America offering free general admission and store discounts.

See participating institutions: https://t.co/HaENA1r9nP

[Jewish History Status @jewishhistoryst]

In honor of Memorial Day, we can’t forget all the Jewish soldiers who fought in World War II and sacrificed their lives for our Jewish brethren.

True heroes!

Rabbi Chaplain Marcus leading a prayer service in a cemetery in France.

[Reuven Goldstein @curatorWH]

Georges Loinger a French Jewish soldier, escaped Nazi captivity in WWII and bravely smuggled hundreds of Jewish children across the Swiss border. Using wit, courage, and military skill, he turned survival into rescue, becoming a legend of resistance and hope.

[Reuven Goldstein @curatorWH]

Herman Wouk was among the most important Jewish American writers of the 20th century. His WWII epics The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance blended military history with Jewish themes and the Holocaust. The Caine Mutiny won the 1952 Pulitzer for Fiction fame.

[Melanie McComb | ☘️ The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬 @ShamrockGen]

Remembering Our Military Service Members on Memorial Day

https://t.co/TSHpDOtgV6

#MemorialDay #genealogy #familyhistory

[StopAntisemitism @StopAntisemites]

Are you a student/parent/employee who has witnessed or been the victim of antisemitism in the San Francisco Unified School District?

Make your voice heard - https://t.co/zzJllo5ur2

[FamilySearch @FamilySearch]

Searching just got a whole lot easier. 🔍🥳

[NYC Dept of Records @nycrecords]

Today in 1970 five hundred nurses and nursing students marched down Fifth Avenue from Bryant Park to Union Square to protest the Vietnam War #ThisDayInHistory

[Travis Davis #BookandaBeer #20thcenturywarstories @RealTWDavis]

Unknown but not forgotten. Get your copy today and relive #WW1 through an over-100-year diary of an unknown soldier. #readers #BookBoost #bookstagram #bookcover #BookOfTheDay

[NYC Dept of Records @nycrecords]

THIS SATURDAY! Join @nycrecords at Queens Museum on 5/23 for Community Archiving Day, a free program featuring 20+ organizations & projects preserving memory, resilience & beauty throughout #NYC - including our own Neighborhood Stories! 📚🗽📷

Learn more: https://t.co/AJ9l0FNgRU

[Voices of WW2 @VoicesofWW2]

Mother's Day card made for mothers to send to their sons in uniform, 9 May 1943

[Today In History @URDailyHistory]

5 May 1862: Happy Cinco de Mayo! #Mexican General Ignacio #Zaragoza defeats the #French at the Battle of Puebla. The date is often mistaken as Mexico's #independence day, which is actually on September 16. #History #HistoryMatters #OTD #ad https://t.co/SqKDrePbc4

[Melanie McComb | ☘️ The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬 @ShamrockGen]

@MarkWerling5 I wonder what my great grandfather thought of this day. He was originally born in Latvia and lived to see this day happen.

[Mark Werling @MarkWerling5]

Happy birthday to the Empire State Building.

It opened today in 1931, amid the Depression. An Art Deco masterpiece. #Manhattan #Architecture

[Melanie McComb | ☘️ The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬 @ShamrockGen]

A Stay at Ellis Island Hospital Could Determine Whether an Immigrant Had a Chance to Start a New Life in America https://t.co/2c2frM3bKw via @smithsonianmag

[Revolutionary Spaces @RevSpaces]

In celebration of Teacher Appreciation Week, we’re opening our doors to you—enjoy free admission from Monday, May 4 through Friday, May 8.

Stop by the front desk at the Old State house or Old South Meeting House with proof of employment and enjoy a visit on us!

[Melanie McComb | ☘️ The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬 @ShamrockGen]

My grandfather was one of the liberators of Dachau

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

81 years ago today US soldiers liberated Dachau concentration camp.

What they saw remained with them forever.

Remember.

[Yad Vashem @yadvashem]

The Seventh Army of the United States armed forces liberated Dachau #OTD 29 April 1945. On that day, approximately 67,000 prisoners were still in the camp, about a third of them Jews.

Established in 1933 immediately after the Nazis took power, Dachau was the first concentration camp. It served as the organizational and practical model for future concentration camps. Initially, the camp was used to incarcerate opponents to the regime, but was later expanded to imprison Jews, POWs and others. Many prisoners died due to disease and systematic violence, or were executed.

Over 200,000 prisoners passed through the camp. While official records cite 30,000 deaths, the actual death toll is significantly higher. Following the war, 40 members of the Dachau SS staff were apprehended and brought before an American military tribunal. The trial, held from November 15 to December 14, 1945, resulted in 36 death sentences for the accused.

[Melanie McComb | ☘️ The Shamrock Genealogist 🌳🧬 @ShamrockGen]

@history_dame My paternal grandfather liberated Dachau