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Ernie Pyle statue unveiling set for Veterans Day — Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2025 - Ernie Pyle The Friends of Ernie Pyle invites the public to attend the unveiling of the bronze statue of World War II’s preeminent correspondent. The statue was created by Clinton sculptor Bill Wolfe.       The p...

Join us Nov. 11, #Veterans Day, in Dana, Indiana for the unveiling of artist Bill Wolfe's bronze statue of Ernie Pyle.
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“Let me be known as just the man that told you something you already knew.”
Woody Guthrie
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Griffith was found guilty of failure to disperse and fined $50.

That's unconstitutional -- even the DOJ recognizes journalists' right to cover how law enforcement disperses protesters.

But it also shows what a giant waste of taxpayer funds it is to prosecute journalists for doing their jobs.

Here's an in-depth legal analysis of Judge Royce Lamberth's order that temporarily suspended mass layoffs at VOA.

Tough but “The City on the Edge of Forever.”

Retired IU faculty sue Board of Trustees over new voting policy The lawsuit claims new policies unjustly restrict their voting rights.

Three retired IU professors sued the Board of Trustees on Wednesday, claiming new policies unjustly restrict their voting rights.

Playing Woody Guthrie’s “Blowin’ Down This Road” with Bruce Springsteen, 2012 Austin Music Awards during SXSW at the Austin Music Hall.

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“VOA journalists Patsy Widakuswara and Jessica Jerreat, and Kate Neeper, a director at the U.S. Agency for Global Media, called Lake’s firings ‘abhorrent.’” Read @scottnover.bsky.social report on @washingtonpost.com 👇

“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism

"Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future."
Ray Bradbury, born on this day in 1920

Mind boggling and humiliating that CBS would permit this.

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Shining a Light on the Destruction of our Government The Trump administration promised transparency, but on one of its most consequential priorities, it has gone to great lengths to obfuscate.

The nonprofit, nonpartisan @ourpublicservice.bsky.social, created the Federal Harms Tracker, a new initiative that will measure and report on reductions to the federal workforce. The report includes 659 job losses at VOA.

Join us Aug. 8 & 9 for the Ernie Pyle & Firemen's Festival in Dana, Indiana. The annual celebration caps off the 125th anniversary of the beloved Hoosier WWII correspondent's birth. Parade, music, food & more! erniepyle.org/2025/07/06/e...

Ernie Pyle at Indiana University: College helped prepare storyteller for career as war correspondent - Ernie Pyle Bloomington will be the site of a special National Ernie Pyle Day celebration on Aug. 3. A number of speakers will focus on Pyle’s service reporting the lives of U.S. troops during World War II. What ...

During his time @IUBloomington, Ernie Pyle was a campus leader, a student manager of the football team, member of the Board of Aeons and editor of @idsnews. His nickname was Red, a nod to his hair color. Aug. 3 marks the 125th anniversary of his birthday.
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The Hoosier Vagabond: On the Road with Ernie Pyle Clem “Pop” Shaffer, the owner of the only hotel in Mountainair , New Mexico , was sitting in front of a fireplace in the lobby of his bric...

On this day in 1935, Ernie Pyle set out with his wife Jerry to tour the country and report on what he found as the “Hoosier Vagabond” columnist.
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On National Ernie Pyle Day, the 125th anniversary of the legendary journalist's birthday, we honor Pyle and his tremendous storytelling. Learn more about the beloved war correspondent at erniepyle.org and join us for events this week at the museum.

The Death of Captain Waskow - Ernie Pyle in the hometown of history’s greatest war correspondent The Death of Captain Waskow by Ernie Pyle AT THE FRONT LINES IN ITALY, January 10, 1944 – In this war I have known a lot of officers who were lo...

Ernie Pyle's poignant WWII piece, "The Death of Captain Waskow," was voted as the best column ever written by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. erniepyle.org/waskow/

2025 marks 125th anniversary of Ernie Pyle’s birth - Ernie Pyle Writer shared childhood experiences of his Indiana hometown, family in early columns It’s been 125 year’s since Ernie Pyle was born in an Indiana farmhouse on Aug. 3, 1900 — the farmhouse now comprise...

Before his years as a war correspondent, Ernie Pyle was a roving reporter who penned a popular syndicated column, "Hoosier Vagabond." He traveled around the country & sometimes shared childhood experiences of his Indiana hometown & family. erniepyle.org/2025/06/08/2...

"Story of G.I. Joe" 80th anniversary movie screening at museum kicks off week of Ernie Pyle 125th birthday events - Ernie Pyle Outdoor showing scheduled for 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 in Dana, Indiana. For more information on birthday celebration activities, click here. Ernie Pyle’s “Story of G.I. Joe” premiered 80 years ago in ...

Join us 9 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2 for a movie screening of Ernie Pyle's "Story of G.I. Joe."
"My part is played by Burgess Meredith. The make-up men shaved his head and wrinkled his face and made him up so well that he’s even uglier than I am, poor fellow.” bit.ly/4l6wwgg

The Last Assignment: Ernie Pyle on Okinawa - Indiana Historical Society In early April 1945, while covering the American invasion of Okinawa, an island located only 330 miles from Japan, two war correspondents, one a veteran of the Pacific War and the other a newcomer to ...

“There’s nothing romantic whatever in knowing that an hour from now you may be dead."
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Ernie Pyle laid to rest July 19, 1945 in Hawaii at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific - Ernie Pyle Ernie Pyle was laid to rest July 19, 1945 at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Punchbowl Crater, Oahu, Hawaii. Pyle was killed by sniper fire on the island of Ie Shima on April 18, 1945 —...

In July of 1945, the great WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle was laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Hawaii.
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Join us Aug. 2-10 at the museum for events celebrating Ernie Pyle's 125th birthday - Ernie Pyle Aug. 3, 2025, marks the 125th anniversary of the birthday of Ernie Pyle — the renowned, Pulitzer Prize-winning Hoosier war correspondent. The Ernie Pyle WWII Museum in his hometown of Dana, Indiana, w...

Join us for a week of special events celebrating the 125th birthday of Ernie Pyle, Aug. 2-10.
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The cruelty of the Trump administration will be its undoing.

“When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.“ — Thomas Jefferson

“Autocrats fear VOA because it stands for truth, justice, and impartiality.”
— Nina Jankowicz

VOA is trusted where a free press is under attack. That’s exactly why it must stay strong.

#SaveVOA #NinaJankowicz #PressFreedom

U.S. Senate votes to cut $1 billion from public media, returns to House Indiana senators Todd Young and Jim Banks voted in favor of the cuts.

U.S. Senate votes to cut $1 billion from public media , returns to house

“If you want to make America great again, don’t pull the plug on what has served it so well.”
— Daniel Fried, former U.S. diplomat

VOA helped win the Cold War. Silencing it only strengthens our adversaries.

#SaveVOA #DanielFried #PressFreedom

YouTube video by The Daily Show Jon Stewart Reacts to Colbert's Cancellation & Trump's "Bawdy" Epstein Doodles | The Daily Show

Jon Stewart Reacts to Colbert's Cancellation & Trump's "Bawdy" Epstein Doodles

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PBS News is not going anywhere.

We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.

We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.

“If we silence VOA, we leave the field open to Russia and China… Why would we do this to ourselves?”
— William Hill, former U.S. diplomat

VOA is a pillar of U.S. soft power. Weakening it hands the mic to authoritarian regimes.

#SaveVOA #SoftPower #PressFreedom #WilliamHill