Macarthur articles
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Copper thieves strike again, mutilating a 100-year-old monument in MacArthur Park
Standing stoutly on a granite rock just off Wilshire Boulevard in MacArthur Park, Harrison Gray Otis has lost his retinue. A colossus of the rough-and-tumble politics of Los Angeles at the turn of the last century, a former military officer, antilabor crusader and owner of a newspaper that would become the Los Angeles Times, he is alone, a solitary statue in the midst of the city. A soldier, who stood to his left, vanished years ago, and last month, the newsboy who held aloft the latest edition...
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On this day in history, April 19, 1951, Gen. MacArthur delivers 'Old soldiers never die' speech to Congress
Gen. Douglas MacArthur delivered his farewell address to Congress on this day in history, April 19, 1951, uttering the famous line, "Old soldiers never die; they just fade away." Eight days before the speech, MacArthur had been relieved of his duties as general of the U.S. Army by President Harry S. Truman — putting an end to his storied military career. "I am closing my 52 years of military service," said MacArthur in the speech, which is available on the Library of Congress website. ON THIS...