2009 is the 75th Anniversary of President Hindenburg’s passing away and Hitler taking over all governmental leadership posts in Nazi Germany. Only months before the Nazis murdered the Austrian Chancellor Dolfuss.
2009 is the 90th anniversary of the somewhat unequal Treaty of Versailles.
It is the 95th anniversary of the start of WWII.
2009 is the 120th anniversary of the birth in Austria of one Adolf Hitler.
It is the 160th anniversary of the Hohenzollern turning down the crown from the first Democratic National Assembly in Frankfurt.
2009 is 175th anniversary of the first major European customs union, i.e. putting Germany on the path to becoming a federal state.
It is the 195th anniversary of the start of the Congress of Vienna, which under Austrian and Prussian leadership would redraw the map of Europe.
2009 is the 220th anniversary of the French revolution, which eventually leads to the invasion and transformation of Germanic Kingdoms across the continent.
It is the 300th anniversary of the Catholic Union being formed, which eventually helped lead nearly a decade later to the 30 Years War.
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American Wars, American Peace, http://books.google.com/books?id=x2ZX2ttG8BYC&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=remembering+american+wars&source=web&ots=obxxy4t6SL&sig=NENyb8_2bI5C88CitZkPX9zYZqk&hl=en&ei=KMaRSbrrFYnw0QW63ZWjCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result
American Experience—Vietnam Online, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/vietnam/reflect/index.html
American Wars—In Whose Interest? http://www.truveo.com/American-Wars-in-Whose-Interest-Part1/id/1770638349
Cultural Memory, http://www.cst.ed.ac.uk/Events/Conferences/documents/RomanoIPaper.pdf
Early, Richard, REMEMBERING AMERICAN WARS, http://www.theoccidentalquarterly.com/archives/vol2no2/re-wars.html
Honor Our Fallen, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25514094/
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