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The Little Ships of Dunkirk
In late May 1940, more than 300,000 British and French soldiers were trapped on the beaches at Dunkirk with the German army closing in. The beaches sloped so gently that big warships couldn't get close, so the British Admiralty appealed to the owners of small boats for help.
The Milkmaids and the End of Smallpox
Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases in human history. It's believed to have been around for at least 3,000 years and it killed millions.
The Prayer Meeting That Lasted 100 Years
In early 1727, the Moravian settlement of Herrnhut in Germany was a mess. About 300 people lived there, and they were full of arguing and division.
The Village That Hid Thousands
During World War II, the little French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon and the farms around it became a refuge. Led by Pastor André Trocmé, his wife Magda, and his assistant Pastor Edouard Theis, ordinary church people took in an estimated 5,000 refugees, about 3,000 to 3,500 of them Jews fleeing the Vichy government and the Germans.
Thousands Came to Cane Ridge
Barton W. Stone was the ordained minister at the Cane Ridge meeting house in Kentucky. In the summer of 1800 he traveled to Logan County to attend a revival led by James McGready.